Crohn's disease
Crohn's Disease - Endoscopy (22 of 28)
Junction of the cecum with the ascending colon. The condition occurs in both sexes and among all age groups, although it most frequently begins in young people Jewish people are at increased risk of...
Crohn's Disease - Endoscopy (21 of 28)
Terminal ileum “ileitis”. At one time, Crohn´s Disease was thought to affect only the ileum, and for this reason the name "ileitis" was at one time synonymous with CD but now simply refers to Crohn's...
Crohn's Disease - Endoscopy (20 of 28)
Crohn´s Disease. Terminal ileum. Irregular ulceration, erithema and nodules are appreciated. When we look at the spectrum of Crohns disease, probably one-half to two-thirds of the patients have...
Crohn's Disease - Endoscopy (19 of 28)
Terminal ileum. The image and video of this sequence reveals the passage of the colonoscope through the ileocecal valve to terminal ileum.
Crohn's Disease - Endoscopy (18 of 28)
The ileocecal valve is destroyed by the disease itself, this valve is nodular and ulcerated.
Crohn's Disease - Endoscopy (17 of 28)
The appendiceal orifice is observed. There are some tiny rounded ulcers like the aphthous ulces or hyperplasic follicles.
Crohn's Disease - Endoscopy (16 of 28)
Crohn´s Disease. The cecum and the ileocecal valve are destroyed due to nodules and ulcers.
Crohn's Disease - Endoscopy (15 of 28)
Crohn´s Disease. The image and the video clip display a lesion caused by this disease. Theses are nodularity, deformed and stenosis with ulcers.
Crohn's Disease - Endoscopy (14 of 28)
Crohn´s Disease. The video clip displays a colonoscopy of the transverse colon, displaying a narrowing with nodules and ulcers.
Crohn's Disease - Endoscopy (13 of 28)
Ulcers and nodules of the sigmoid and descending colon. Though any portion of the gastrointestinal tract may be involved with Crohn's disease, the small intestine--and the terminal ileum in particular--is...
Crohn's Disease - Endoscopy (12 of 28)
Upgrading information. Long and serpiginous ulcers and nodules of sigmoid. The patient was hospitalized and received 50 mg. oral prednisone daily, 500 mg IV ciprofloxacin every 8 Hrs.and 500 mg...
Crohn's Disease - Endoscopy (11 of 28)
Crohn´s Disease, after a short-time treatment. The video clip displays the difficulties in advancing the colonoscope throughout recto-sigmoid junction due to the narrowing caused by the ulcer.
Crohn's Disease - Endoscopy (10 of 28)
Crohn´s Disease after short-time treatment. Some polyps are founded into the sigmoid colon, not seen by the previous colonoscopy. It may be due to a better colon preparation. “ Pseudo polyps.”
Crohn's Disease - Endoscopy (9 of 28)
Crohn´s Disease after short-time treatment. Prominent rectum vessels were found, giving a congestive appearance after a short-time treatment with steroids.
Crohn's Disease - Endoscopy (8 of 28)
Crohn´s Disease. The rectum seen in retroflexed view. A polyp is observed We were not sure if this polyp was caused by the Crohn’s disease itself. However, we observed after a short time of treatment,...