Enterobiasis mimicking Crohn's disease

Indian J Gastroenterol. 2004 Jul-Aug;23(4):149-50.

Abstract

We report a 20-year-old man who presented with abdominal discomfort for 2 months. Colonoscopy showed skip areas with ulceration, resembling Crohn's disease. Biopsies showed chronic inflammation and a non-necrotizing granuloma. An adult pinworm was found in the lumen from an uninvolved segment. The patient responded to mebendazole.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain / diagnosis
  • Abdominal Pain / etiology
  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Crohn Disease / diagnosis
  • Crohn Disease / pathology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Enterobiasis / diagnosis
  • Enterobiasis / drug therapy
  • Enterobiasis / pathology*
  • Enterobius / isolation & purification*
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Intestinal Mucosa / microbiology
  • Intestinal Mucosa / pathology
  • Male
  • Mebendazole / therapeutic use
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Mebendazole