Small bowel angiodysplasia in association with Crohn's ileitis. A case report.
A case of a female patient affected by Crohn's ileitis associated with small bowel angiodysplasia is reported. Despite a good clinical and laboratory response to steroid therapy the patient showed an unexplained hypochromic microcytic anemia. At laparotomy Crohn's ileitis as well as an angiodysplastic lesion were found. Both lesions were resected in continuity. During a 2-year follow-up the patient did not show anemia despite pregnancy. It is suggested that the angiodysplastic lesion was the possible cause of hypochromic anemia and that the patient should have been operated on before, based on her recurrent anemia.
Minervini
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VI Clinica Chirurgica, Università, La Sapienza, Roma.
Boirivant
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Peronace
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ML
Speranza
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D000328:Adult; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000002:abnormalities*; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology