Svensk definition
Tarmsjukdom med kroniska, inflammatoriska infiltrat, fibros i alla skikt av den serösa hinnan och uppkomst av icke-kaseösa granulom. Det område som oftast drabbas är tunntarmens nedersta del, därefter tjocktarmen.
Crohn Disease
Crohns sjukdom
Engelsk definition
A chronic transmural inflammation that may involve any part of the DIGESTIVE TRACT from MOUTH to ANUS, mostly found in the ILEUM, the CECUM, and the COLON. In Crohn disease, the inflammation, extending through the intestinal wall from the MUCOSA to the serosa, is characteristically asymmetric and segmental. Epithelioid GRANULOMAS may be seen in some patients.
Svenska synonymer
Ileitis terminalis — Terminal ileit — Ileokolit — Regional enterit — Regional ileit — Granulomatös enterit
Engelska synonymer
Crohn's Enteritis — Regional Enteritis — Crohn's Disease — Crohns Disease — Inflammatory Bowel Disease 1 — Enteritis, Granulomatous — Granulomatous Enteritis — Enteritis, Regional — Ileocolitis — Colitis, Granulomatous — Granulomatous Colitis — Ileitis, Terminal — Terminal Ileitis — Ileitis, Regional — Regional Ileitides — Regional Ileitis