Isolated acute terminal ileitis without preexisting inflammatory bowel disease rarely progresses to Crohn's disease
Digestive Diseases and Sciences Nov 23, 2017
Tse CS, et al. - This study was coordinated to clarify the long-term prognosis of patients with isolated acute terminal ileitis, its rate of progression to CrohnÂs disease. Furthermore, the researchers aimed to explore the factors correlated with terminal ileitis development to CrohnÂs disease. They found a rare development of isolated acute terminal ileitis to CrohnÂs disease, which was discovered on diagnostic ileocolonoscopy. In cross-sectional imaging, the presence of stricturing/narrowing could predict eventual CrohnÂs disease development.
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