[Cecal solitary ulcer as a presentation of Crohn's disease]

Rev Gastroenterol Peru. 2011 Jan-Mar;31(1):77-80.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Crohn's Disease, is a rare inflammatory bowel disease in Perú. Incidence rates vary from 1,6 - 14,6 / 100,000 and prevalence rate is 140 / 100,000 in the western hemisphere. We report a case of 52 y.o male patient from Callao Peru, with a colonoscopy image of a solitary cecal ulcer and without other gastrointestinal findings and a histology suggestive of Crohn's Disease with a ASCA positive and p -ANCA negative.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Cecal Diseases / etiology*
  • Crohn Disease / complications*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Ulcer / etiology*