Crohn's disease confined to the duodenum: A case report.
Crohn's disease (CD) can involve any part of the gastrointestinal tract from the mouth to anus. However, gastroduodenal CD is rare with a frequency reported to range between 0.5% and 4.0%. Most patients with gastroduodenal CD have concomitant lesions in the terminal ileum or colon, but isolated gastroduodenal Crohn's disease is an extremely rare presentation of the disease accounting for less than 0.07% of all patients with CD. The symptoms of gastroduodenal CD include epigastric pain, dyspepsia, early satiety, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, and weight loss. The diagnosis of gastroduodenal CD requires a high level of clinical suspicion and can be made by comprehensive clinical evaluation. Here we report a rare case of isolated duodenal CD not confirmed by identification of granuloma on biopsy, but diagnosed by clinical evaluation.
Dong Jin Song, Il Soon Whang, Hyung Wook Choi, Cheol Yun Jeong, Sung Hoon Jung, Department of Internal Medicine, Cheil General Hospital and Women's Healthcare Center, Dankook University College of Medicine, Seoul KS013, South Korea.
Dong Jin
DJ
Song
Dong Jin Song, Il Soon Whang, Hyung Wook Choi, Cheol Yun Jeong, Sung Hoon Jung, Department of Internal Medicine, Cheil General Hospital and Women's Healthcare Center, Dankook University College of Medicine, Seoul KS013, South Korea.
Il Soon
IS
Whang
Dong Jin Song, Il Soon Whang, Hyung Wook Choi, Cheol Yun Jeong, Sung Hoon Jung, Department of Internal Medicine, Cheil General Hospital and Women's Healthcare Center, Dankook University College of Medicine, Seoul KS013, South Korea.
Hyung Wook
HW
Choi
Dong Jin Song, Il Soon Whang, Hyung Wook Choi, Cheol Yun Jeong, Sung Hoon Jung, Department of Internal Medicine, Cheil General Hospital and Women's Healthcare Center, Dankook University College of Medicine, Seoul KS013, South Korea.
Cheol Yun
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Jeong
Dong Jin Song, Il Soon Whang, Hyung Wook Choi, Cheol Yun Jeong, Sung Hoon Jung, Department of Internal Medicine, Cheil General Hospital and Women's Healthcare Center, Dankook University College of Medicine, Seoul KS013, South Korea.
Sung Hoon
SH
Jung
Comprehensive clinical evaluation; Crohn’s disease; Crohn’s disease confined to the duodenum; High level of clinical suspicion; Isolated gastroduodenal Crohn’s disease