title: [Leśniowski-Crohn's disease in the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract].
abstract: Leśniowski-Crohn's disease (L-CD) includes several clinical and pathological pictures which are manifestations of transmural inflammation. L-CD may affect any portion of the gastrointestinal tract (GI) and in the upper part of GI it has been described in 0.5%-13.0% of all cases of this disease. In the upper part of GI, in the course of L-CD, there appears a considerable variety of endoscopical and morphological pictures. Advances which have been achieved in endoscopic methods, along with very precise histopathological description, allow us to diagnose a greater number of incidences of L-CD in the upper part of GI, compared to previous years.
authors.affiliation: Z Katedry i Oddziału Klinicznego Chorób Wewnetrznych, Angiologii i Medycyny Fizykalnej w Bytomiu Slaskiej Akademii Medycznej w Katowicach.
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Latos
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gadowska-Cicha
authors.forename: Klaudia J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Niepsuj
authors.forename: Aleksander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sieroń
mesh_terms: D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000473:pathology*; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000379:methods; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans