Ankylosing spondylitis or Crohn's disease? Case report and review of the literature.

Autor: Zahiu DC; Gastroenterology Department, Colentina Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania., Rimbaş M, Nicolau A, Zurac S, Voiosu MR
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Romanian journal of internal medicine = Revue roumaine de medecine interne [Rom J Intern Med] 2010; Vol. 48 (4), pp. 347-53.
Abstrakt: A 27-year-old male with a 2 year history of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) was investigated for intermittent episodes of diarrhea and found to have granulomatous ileitis. Differential diagnosis, discussions regarding similarities in immune alterations in both AS and Crohn's disease and therapeutic options are presented in this paper.
Databáze: MEDLINE