Loffeld R J, Overtoom H A, Balk A T
Department of Internal Medicine, Ziekenhuis De Heel, Zaandam, Netherlands.
Neth J Med. 1996 Mar;48(3):85-8. doi: 10.1016/0300-2977(95)00082-8.
The case history of a 31-year-old woman with abdominal complaints of long duration is presented. After 4 years and several hospital admissions the patient underwent diagnostic laparotomy and finally a diagnosis of diffuse jejunoileitis as a manifestation of Crohn's disease was made. The diagnostic procedures as well as the therapeutic strategy are described. A review of the literature is given.