title: Crohn's disease presenting as life-threatening ileal bleeding.
abstract: We report a case of Crohn's disease in a 32-year old Saudi male. The disease presented with severe, life-threatening ileal bleeding necessitating an urgent laparotomy and 100 cm of ileum and ascending colon was resected. The bleeding source was several ulcers in an inflamed ileum and histopathologic examination revealed typical findings of Crohn's disease with a chronic, transmural inflammation, non-caseating granuloma and the Ziehl-Neelsen stain was negative. The postoperative course was uneventful. On follow-up he is doing well on medical treatment with mesalamine and substitution therapy with vitamin B12.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Orebro Medical Center Hospital, S-701 85 Orebro, Sweden. curt.tysk@orebroll.se
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tysk
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: De Keersmaecker
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Al-Been
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Ahmad
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D003082:Colectomy; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016638:Critical Illness; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D019804:Mesalamine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012769:Shock / Q000209:etiology; D014805:Vitamin B 12 / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D019804:Mesalamine; D014805:Vitamin B 12