CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Coloproctology 2018; 38(04): 343-345
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcol.2018.05.007
Case Report

Crohn's disease versus Yersinia enterocolitica infection — case report — a difficult differential diagnosis

Doença de Crohn's × Yersinia enterocolitica – um difícil diagnóstico diferencial — relato de caso
Clarissa Maria Gomes de Almeida
a   Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil
,
Fauze Camargo Maluf
a   Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil
,
Feres Camargo Maluf
a   Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil
,
Valeria P. Lanzoni
b   Complexo Hospitalar Professor Edmundo Vasconcelos, Departamento de Patologia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
,
Desidério Roberto Kiss
c   Complexo Hospitalar Professor Edmundo Vasconcelos, Serviço de Coloproctologia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
,
Maristela Gomes de Almeida
c   Complexo Hospitalar Professor Edmundo Vasconcelos, Serviço de Coloproctologia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Abstract

The aim of this report is to present an unusual case of Crohn's disease affecting the terminal ileum; whose principal differential diagnosis was Yersinia enterolocolitica infection, as the histological features of the resected ileum was common to both diseases. We also describe how the infectious etiology was discarded and the implications for the patient follow-up.

Resumo

O objetivo desse relato é analisar um caso incomum de doença de Crohn, cujo diagnóstico diferencial, com possível infecção por Yersinia enterocilítica, foi dificultado pela presença de alterações histológicas das duas doenças. Descrevemos como foi realizada a exclusão de causas infecciosas e as implicações no acompanhamento do paciente.



Publication History

Received: 26 March 2018

Accepted: 27 May 2018

Article published online:
08 March 2021

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