Blood-tinged stools and blood-shot eyes. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • A 37-year-old woman developed red painful eyes, diarrhea, and painful oral and genital ulcerations. Optic disk swelling was noted bilaterally. Colonoscopy was significant for granulomatous lesions consistent with Crohn disease. Epidemiologic factors, diagnostic criteria, and differentiating characteristics for Behcet disease and Crohn disease are discussed.

publication date

  • September 1, 2005

Research

keywords

  • Colitis
  • Crohn Disease
  • Occult Blood
  • Papilledema

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 24044522967

PubMed ID

  • 16139040

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 50

issue

  • 5