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Descriptor English: Crohn Disease
Descriptor Spanish: Enfermedad de Crohn
Descriptor enfermedad de Crohn
Entry term(s) colitis granulomatosa
enteritis granulomatosa
enteritis regional
ileítis regional
ileítis terminal
Scope note: Proceso inflamatorio crónico transmural que puede afectar a qualquier parte del TUBO DIGESTIVO desde la BOCA hasta el ANO, principalmente el ILEON, CIEGO y COLON. En la enfermedad de Crohn, la inflamación, que se extiende al espesor de la pared intestinal desde la MUCOSA hasta la serosa, es característicamente asimétrica y segmentaria. En algunos casos se ven GRANULOMAS epitelioides.
Descriptor Portuguese: Doença de Crohn
Descriptor French: Maladie de Crohn
Entry term(s): Colitis, Granulomatous
Crohn's Disease
Crohn's Enteritis
Crohns Disease
Enteritis, Granulomatous
Enteritis, Regional
Granulomatous Colitis
Granulomatous Enteritis
Ileitis, Regional
Ileitis, Terminal
Ileocolitis
Inflammatory Bowel Disease 1
Regional Enteritis
Regional Ileitides
Regional Ileitis
Terminal Ileitis
Tree number(s): C06.405.205.731.500
C06.405.469.432.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003424
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: coord IM with ILEITIS (IM) or COLITIS (IM) only if site is particularly discussed; usually chronic so do not coord with CHRONIC DISEASE
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 80; was ENTERITIS, REGIONAL 1965-79, was ILEITIS, REGIONAL 1963-64
Online Note: use CROHN DISEASE to search ENTERITIS, REGIONAL 1966-79
History Note: 80; was ENTERITIS, REGIONAL 1965-79, was ILEITIS, REGIONAL 1963-64
Entry Version: CROHN DIS
DeCS ID: 23973
Unique ID: D003424
NLM Classification: WI 422
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2013/07/08
Crohn Disease - Preferred
Concept UI M0005335
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Crohn Disease
Entry term(s) Crohn's Disease
Crohn's Enteritis
Crohns Disease
Inflammatory Bowel Disease 1
Regional Enteritis
Enteritis, Granulomatous - Narrower
Concept UI M0393458
Preferred term Enteritis, Granulomatous
Entry term(s) Enteritis, Regional
Granulomatous Enteritis
Ileocolitis - Narrower
Concept UI M0393456
Preferred term Ileocolitis
Colitis, Granulomatous - Narrower
Concept UI M0393459
Preferred term Colitis, Granulomatous
Entry term(s) Granulomatous Colitis
Ileitis, Terminal - Narrower
Concept UI M0393457
Preferred term Ileitis, Terminal
Entry term(s) Ileitis, Regional
Regional Ileitides
Regional Ileitis
Terminal Ileitis



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