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Crohns Disease - Glossary

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Written by Dr. Gayatri Krishnan, MD Anaesthesiology | Medically Reviewed by Dr. Sunil Shroff / dr. reeja tharu, MBBS, MS, FRCS (UK), D. Urol (Lond) on Feb 09, 2017
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Glossary

Enteritis - inflammation of the small intestine

Ileitis - inflammation of the ileum

Uveiitis - inflammation of the uveal tract in the eye

Sacro-iliitis - inflammation of the sacro-iliac joint

Resection - removal of the affected portion

Anastomosis - joining two ends of the same organ or blood vessel
Published on Mar 12, 2016
Last Updated on Feb 09, 2017

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Hanumant1971

I have Daughter Kumari VAIJAYANTI, who's liver transplant surgery done on 21 july 2009, after she has been growing normal. now she had loose stool more than 2 months. Transplant center detected it's a CROHN'S disease...

morello

hello, thanks for sharing. by the way, what is the main different between crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis ? are they same ?

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