scholarly journals Gastrointestinal Histoplasmosis Mimicking Crohn’s Disease

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esfandiar Shojaei ◽  
Joanna C Walsh ◽  
Nikhil Sangle ◽  
Brian Yan ◽  
Michael S Silverman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crohn’S Disease ◽  
Crohn's Disease ◽  
Antifungal Therapy ◽  
Immunocompetent Patient ◽  
Immunocompromised Patients ◽  
Disseminated Histoplasmosis ◽  
Gastrointestinal Histoplasmosis ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
Inflammatory Drugs ◽  
Tissue Specimens

Abstract Disseminated histoplasmosis is a life-threatening disease usually seen in immunocompromised patients living in endemic areas. We present an apparently immunocompetent patient with gastrointestinal histoplasmosis who was initially diagnosed as biopsy-proven Crohn’s disease. Following discontinuation of anti-inflammatory drugs and institution of antifungal therapy, his GI illness completely improved. Specific fungal staining should be routinely included in histopathologic assessment of tissue specimens diagnosed as Crohn’s disease.

scholarly journals Acute neurologic disorder in Crohn's disease: A rare life‐threatening complication

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joana Machado ◽  
Paula Ministro ◽  
Eugénia Cancela ◽  
Ricardo Araújo ◽  
António Castanheira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crohn’S Disease ◽  
Crohn's Disease ◽  
Neurologic Disorder ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
Life Threatening Complication

scholarly journals Disseminated Cryptococcus neoformans infection and Crohn's disease in an immunocompetent patient

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guido Sciaudone ◽  
Gianluca Pellino ◽  
Ilaria Guadagni ◽  
Anna Somma ◽  
Francesco P. D'Armiento ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crohn’S Disease ◽  
Crohn's Disease ◽  
Cryptococcus Neoformans ◽  
Immunocompetent Patient

scholarly journals Diagnostic challenge between Crohn's disease and intestinal tuberculosis in chronic diarrhea with ulcerated jejunal stenosis: a case report

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 346
Author(s):  
Valeria Costa-Barney ◽  
Andrés F. Delgado-Villarreal ◽  
Ana María Leguízamo ◽  
Rómulo Darío Vargas
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Crohn’S Disease ◽  
Crohn's Disease ◽  
Chronic Diarrhea ◽  
Intestinal Tuberculosis ◽  
Immunocompetent Patient ◽  
Diagnostic Challenge ◽  
Correct Treatment ◽  
Antituberculosis Treatment ◽  
Patient At Risk

Intestinal tuberculosis and Crohn's disease are a diagnostic challenge because of the clinical, radiological and endoscopic similarity. The histological and microbiological findings are positive in less than 50%, which delays the correct treatment, putting the patient at risk. We reported a 34-year-old immunocompetent patient with 4 years of malabsorptive diarrhea, weight loss, nocturnal diaphoresis, abdominal pain and an ulcer with stenosis in the jejunum was found; she mpirical antituberculosis treatment with clinical improvement. Later the culture was positive for M. tuberculosis.

Atypical and Life-threatening Crohn’s Disease Following Colectomy: A Case Report

2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (07) ◽  
pp. 36-40
Author(s):  
Jarosław Cwaliński ◽  
Jacek Hermann ◽  
Tomasz Banasiewicz ◽  
Jacek Paszkowski
Keyword(s):  
Crohn’S Disease ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Crohn's Disease ◽  
Life Threatening

Crohn's disease with life-threatening hemorrhage from terminal ileum: successful control by superselective arterial embolization

2005 ◽  
Vol 40 (12) ◽  
pp. 1155-1157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshihiro Kazama ◽  
Toshiaki Watanabe ◽  
Masaaki Akahane ◽  
Naoki Yoshioka ◽  
Kuni Ohtomo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crohn’S Disease ◽  
Crohn's Disease ◽  
Terminal Ileum ◽  
Arterial Embolization ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
Successful Control
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