DB Silent disease is disease that does not have the overt symptoms that make a patient feel
poorly. This is a fairly well-established concept in medicine. Perhaps the best example of a …

Question: An otherwise healthy 22-year-old woman was admitted to a hospital for persistent
diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and weight loss over the previous weeks. Laboratory findings …

Since the initial description by Wilks and Moxon in 1875 (1) and the widely publicized report
by Crohn, Ginzburg, and Oppenheimer in 1932 (2), ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's …

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is frequently associated with a variety of problematic
symptoms, including abdominal pain and bowel habit changes, which are associated with …

Erroneous diagnosis of CD may be responsible at least in part for the general impression
that CD is being over-diagnosed. An atypical clinical course or an atypical therapeutic …

Small bowel Crohn's disease can present with episodic, relapsing, and remitting symptoms
and delays in the diagnosis are common. We present a case of a young woman with three …

Background Patient-reported Crohn's disease (CD) symptoms and endoscopic evaluation
have historically guided routine care, but the risk of complications in asymptomatic patients …

Discussion Crohn's disease (CD) can cause transmural inflammation in any portion of the
gastrointestinal tract, from mouth to anus. Initial complaints can include fatigue, diarrhea …

Crohn's disease (CD) is an immune-mediated, chronic inflammatory disease that can affect
any part of the gastrointestinal tract from the mouth to the anus. Rheumatic, mucocutaneous …

To the Editor: Bhattacharya et al1 confirmed and extended their previous finding2 indicating
that “silent” Crohn's disease (CD) patients (ie, asymptomatic patients with elevated C …