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. 2023 Jun 30:11:goad040.
doi: 10.1093/gastro/goad040. eCollection 2023.

Hirschsprung disease in an adult masquerading as stricturing Crohn's disease: a missed rare co-morbidity

Yiqian Chen  1 , Xiaowei Liu  1   2 , Shuijiao Chen  1   2
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Hirschsprung disease in an adult masquerading as stricturing Crohn's disease: a missed rare co-morbidity

Yiqian Chen et al. Gastroenterol Rep (Oxf). .
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Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Endoscopic, imaging, and histopathologic findings of the patient. (A) Longitudinal ulcers, the cobblestone pattern (the arrow) in the mucosa, and the sigmoid colon stricture (colonoscopy). (B) Intestinal obstruction (plain abdominal radiograph). (C) and (D) The location of the intestinal obstruction was proximal to the sigmoid colon (arrows) with intestinal wall thickness, luminal narrowing, and prestenotic dilation (computed tomography enterography). (E) The deficiency of myenteric and submucosal neurons (pathological examination). (F) Inflammatory cell infiltration and noncaseating granuloma (pathological examination).
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