COMEDK 2007 MCQ Answer 114

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The correct answer is D

  • Crohn's disease is a systemic disorder whose principal clinicopathological manifestation is chronic inflammation of the intestine.
  • Any part of the gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus may be involved in the chronic granulomatous process, but the terminal ileum and colon are the regions most frequently affected.
  • The disease commonly presents with abdominal pain, loss of energy and loss of weight, night sweats, mouth ulcers and joint pains.
  • About 60% of people have diarrhoea which in Crohn's colitis contains mucous, pus and blood.
  • The tissues around the anus and perineum may be chronically inflamed discharging pus from multiple sinuses.

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