title: Saccular dilation of the small intestine in Crohn's disease.
abstract: A saccular dilation of the small intestine, 15 X 15 cm2 large, blocked by a hard introitus was seen in a patient with a one-year history of diarrhea. Histopathological examination showed inflammatory infiltration with ulceration between the normal and distended intestine within a length of 1 cm. The mucosa, submucosa and muscularis layers were thicker than normal with infiltration of monocytes. The histological diagnosis was Crohn's disease.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Perbeck
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tydén
mesh_terms: D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000209:etiology; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged