Atypical Clinical Presentation of Crohn's Disease as Diffuse Abdominal Lymphadenopathy and Venous Thrombosis: A Difficult to Diagnose Case

Abstract

Crohn's disease (CD) is an inflammatory bowel disease with clinical manifestations that are more variable than those of ulcerative colitis. It can manifest with a wide range of gastrointestinal as well as extra-intestinal symptoms and at times it becomes difficult to diagnose because of presenting variability. Here we present a case of a young male who presented with diffuse abdominal lymphadenopathy with abdominal vein thrombosis and found to have CD.

Keywords: abdominal vein thrombosis; crohn's disease; lymphadenopathy.