Crohn’s Disease and its Complications: Case Report |Biomedgrid

Crohn's disease (CD) is an inflammatory chronic disease of the gastrointestinal tract of insidious appearance and is characterized by an inflammatory, transmural and skip lesion pattern (healthy areas interspersed between involved areas). It affects mainly the colon, the terminal ileum and the perianal region. It expresses clinically between periods of remission, with diarrhea, abdominal pain and unspecific symptoms [1-5]. The complications (obstruction, fistulae, abscesses, arthritis and cutaneous, joint, hepatic and ophthalmic lesions) are directly related to the gravity and chronicity of the disease [2,4]. CD has an undefined etymology but it's frequently related to family history [2,3,5]. It presents equally among men and women, having its bigger incidence in people between 20 and 30 years old. The treatment, surgical or clinical, reaches only an improvement in the patient's quality of life but it does not cure the disease.