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BLUNT ABDOMINAL TRAUMA SIMULATING CROHN'S DISEASE OF THE TERMINAL ILEUM
Author(s) -
Brownstein E. G.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1984.tb05319.x
Subject(s) - medicine , terminal ileum , blunt , histopathology , abdominal trauma , ileum , crohn's disease , blunt trauma , surgery , disease , pathology
A case of acute small bowel obstruction is presented occurring five months after blunt abdominal trauma due to a seat‐belt injury. The problem of early diagnosis is discussed. With the increasing use of seat‐belts, clinicians should be aware of this condition as part of the ‘Seat‐Belt Syndrome’. Histopathology of the affected segment of ileum was found to closely resemble Crohn's Disease.