
Small-Bowel Endometriosis Imitating Crohn’s Disease: Lessons to be Learned Pages 44-46
Ofir Har-Noy1, Rami Eliakim1,2 and Alon Lang1,2
1Department of Gastroenterology, Sheba Medical Center Tel-Hashomer, Israel; 2Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
http://dx.doi.org/10.12970/2308-6483.2014.02.02.1
Abstract: The association of endometriosis and IBD had been noted in anecdotal case reports since many years. Lately, new evidence was published, establishing a stronger link between the two entities. We present hereby a case of Crohn’s disease and small bowel endometriosis in a young patient, demonstrating the difficulty in the differential diagnosis between the two entities.
Keywords: Inflammatory bowel disease, Endomteriosis, Video capsule endoscopy. Read more