Colonic adenocarcinoma revealing Crohn's disease: a case report.
BACKGROUND
There is growing evidence from epidemiological studies and clinicopathological data obtained from case reports that Crohn's disease is associated with an increased risk of carcinoma of the large bowel.


METHODS
A 70-year-old Arabic African man with undiagnosed Crohn's disease presented with acute abdominal obstruction due to an occlusive carcinoma of the sigmoid. At laparotomy, the colonic tumor was excised with continuity restored by end-to-end anastomosis.


CONCLUSIONS
The risk of colonic carcinoma in Crohn's disease is increasing. Several case reports actually support the possibility that a genuine association between these two conditions exists.
Ankouz
Amal
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Department of General Surgery, University Hospital Hassan II of Fez, Fez, Morocco. amalankouz@yahoo.fr.
Majdoub
Karim Ibn
KI
Ousadden
Abdelmalek
A
Mazaz
Khalid
K
Taleb
Khalid Ait
KA