Miliary Crohn's disease: early or different?
Scapa, E.; Marcus, E.L.; Kaufman, S.; Vinograd, I.; Reif, R.; Eshchar, J.
Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology 16(3): 222-226
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0192-0790 PMID: 8505494 Document Number: 421404
We describe what we take to be the eighth case of miliary Crohn's disease since 1967 with a view to the possibility that miliary Crohn's disease is a disease different from Crohn's disease, and not just an early stage. Miliary Crohn's disease might be a different disease because (a) miliary tubercles are seen so rarely on the serosal surface of the bowel, (b) the 100% chance of finding crowded, typical granulomas in the bowel wall, and (c) the anatomic distribution of the lesion.