title: Missed presentation of Crohn's disease in a patient with a fistulating thigh abscess: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Musculoskeletal presentations of Crohn's disease are rare and they include psoas abscess, thigh abscesses and in extreme cases septic arthropathy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Herein, we present a 53 year old gentleman with bilateral thigh fistulae discovered to be a new diagnoses of extra-intestinal Crohn's disease
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is important to consider Crohn's disease in patients that present with unusual or persistent fistulae and to consider this essential when there are atypical organisms present.
authors.affiliation: Scunthorpe General Hospital, Cliff Gardens Cliff Gardens, Scunthorpe, South Humberside DN15 7BH, UK. deborahferguson@doctors.org.uk.
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ferguson
authors.forename: Aravind
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Suppiah
authors.forename: Eleanor
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Richards
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pai
authors.forename: Asit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kar