Regional enteritis in children: small bowel disease with normal terminal ileum.
Regional enteritis in children may affect the small bowel without involvement of the terminal ileum. We have noted this distribution of disease in 4 of 20 consecutive cases of Crohn's disease. The clinical and radiologic features of these 4 patients are reported together with a review of similar observations in the literature.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography