Abstract

GUZMAN CALDERON, Edson  and  MONTES TEVES, Pedro. Cecal solitary ulcer as a presentation of Crohn´s disease. Rev. gastroenterol. Perú [online]. 2011, vol.31, n.1, pp.77-80. ISSN 1022-5129.

Crohn’s Disease, is a rare inflammatory bowel disease in Perú. Incidence rates vary from 1,6 - 14,6 / 100 000 and prevalence rate is 140 / 100000 in the western hemisphere. We report a case of 52 y.o male patient from Callao Peru, with a colonoscopy image of a solitary cecal ulcer and without other gastrointestinal findings and a histology suggestive of Crohn’s Disease with a ASCA positive and p -ANCA negative.

Keywords : Cecal Ulcer; Crohn’s Disease.

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