Chapter 11 - Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95)»Noninfective enteritis and colitis (K50-K52)»Crohn's disease of large intestine (K50.1)
K50.1
Crohn's disease of large intestine
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Crohn Disease340 drugs (156 approved, 184 experimental)
A chronic transmural inflammation that may involve any part of the DIGESTIVE TRACT from MOUTH to ANUS, mostly found in the ILEUM, the CECUM, and the COLON. In Crohn disease, the inflammation, extending through the intestinal wall from the MUCOSA to the serosa, is characteristically asymmetric and segmental. Epithelioid GRANULOMAS may be seen in some patients.