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.
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Department of Gastroenterology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Zerifin, Israel.
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Kaufman
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Vinograd
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Reif
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Eshchar
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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