title: Diagnosis of Crohn's disease.
abstract: A study has been made of diagnostic errors and delays in 140 patients with Crohn's disease. Results were correlated with the site of the disease. Only 13% of patients with small-bowel disease and 21% of the group as a whole were correctly diagnosed after initial investigation. A large number of misdiagnoses were made, and these were often multiple. Of patients with small-bowel disease, 19% were first thought to be suffering from a psychiatric disorder.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003092:Colitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000175:diagnosis; D003109:Colonic Diseases, Functional / Q000175:diagnosis; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007079:Ileitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011349:Proctitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D013997:Time Factors