Miliary Crohn's disease: early or different?
We describe what we take to be the eighth case of miliary Crohn's disease since 1967 with a view to the possibility that miliary Crohn's disease is a disease different from Crohn's disease, and not just an early stage. Miliary Crohn's disease might be a different disease because (a) miliary tubercles are seen so rarely on the serosal surface of the bowel, (b) the 100% chance of finding crowded, typical granulomas in the bowel wall, and (c) the anatomic distribution of the lesion.
Department of Gastroenterology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Zerifin, Israel.
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D000293:Adolescent; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D006099:Granuloma / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use
D011241:Prednisone