Title
[Cecal solitary ulcer as a presentation of Crohn's disease].
Other title
[Úlcera cecal única como presentación de Enfermedad de Crohn.]
Date Issued
01 January 2011
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
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.
Start page
77
End page
80
Volume
31
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Gastroenterología, Hepatología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-80052330949
PubMed ID
Source
Revista de gastroenterología del Perú : órgano oficial de la Sociedad de Gastroenterología del Perú
ISSN of the container
10225129
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