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Crohns Disease in the Ileum
High resolution image: Crohns disease in the ileum
 
Lesion due to Crohns disease in the ileum
About one third of all patients with Crohns disease have affection mainly of the small bowel. Small bowel disease can cause malabsorption, anemia due to continous blood loss through occult bleeding, stricturations and fistulaes.
 
Aphthoid lesions due to Crohns disease in the ileum
Small bowel affection is usually found by a xray contrast examination. By an endoscopic examination, enteroscopy, at least part of the small bowel can be examined. The new capsule endoscopy technique gives images from all parts of the small bowel, however, the images are not yet of a very good quality.
 
An X-ray examination showing Crohns disease in the distal ileum
High resolution image: Crohns disease in the ileum
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