title: Desiccant recovered, Crohn's disease discovered.
abstract: Foreign bodies occasionally lodge in strictures due to Crohn's disease. Most cases involve patients known to have Crohn's disease. However, some patients deny or cannot recall ingestion of foreign bodies. Gastrointestinal obstruction caused by a foreign body is a rare presentation of Crohn's disease. We report the first case of Crohn's disease presenting as gastrointestinal obstruction resulting from accidental ingestion of a pharmaceutical desiccant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: DeVos
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Flamm
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002432:Cecum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010592:Pharmaceutic Aids / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011859:Radiography
chemical_list: D010592:Pharmaceutic Aids