Crohn's Disease Flashcards
1
Q
gender difference
A
M=F
2
Q
smoking risk
A
increased risk
3
Q
risk factors
A
poor diet
FH
smoking
altered immune status
4
Q
location
A
gum to bum
mainly terminal ileum and ascending colon
5
Q
age peak
A
15-30
60
6
Q
type of inflammation
A
granulomatous transmural fissures extending to serosa ulcers and granulomas fistulae and stenosis common skip lesions
7
Q
bowel appearance
A
narrowed due to ulcers
cobblestone appearance (CT)
mesentery thick and oedematous and LNs enlarge
8
Q
clinical features
A
abdo pain
diarrhoea (steatorrhoea in ileal, bloody in colonic)
weight loss
severe apthous ulceration of mouth (early sign)
anal complications
acute RIF pain/mass
9
Q
complications
A
strictures adhesions perforation abscess anal fistulae, fissures, skin tags carcinoma (colonic and small intestine) bleeding malabsorption (B12) terminal ileitis
