SPONTANEOUS MULTIPERFORATION IN LYMPHOMATOUS COLITIS MASQUERADING AS CROHNS-DISEASE

Authors
BERKELHAMMER C HAKIM B CHILIS T HOPKINS W STEIN R PORT J
Citation
C. Berkelhammer et al., SPONTANEOUS MULTIPERFORATION IN LYMPHOMATOUS COLITIS MASQUERADING AS CROHNS-DISEASE, Journal of clinical gastroenterology, 19(2), 1994, pp. 135-138
Citations number
51
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Journal of clinical gastroenterology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01920790
Volume
19
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
135 - 138
Database
ISI
SICI code
0192-0790(1994)19:2<135:SMILCM>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
We present a case of necrotizing lymphomatous colitis-masquerading as Crohn's disease-that was complicated by spontaneous multiple perforati ons. This potentially fatal occurrence might have been obviated by ear lier immunologic diagnosis.