Bilateral foot drop, weight loss and rectal bleeding as an acute presentation of Crohn's disease.
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Bilateral foot drop, weight loss and rectal bleeding as an acute presentation of Crohn's disease.
We report a 71 year old lady who presented with weight loss, rectal bleeding and bilateral foot drop having been previously fit and well. Clinical examination, laboratory investigation and postmortem examination confirmed the diagnosis of active Crohn's disease and acute peripheral neuropathy. The clinical course of this patient suggests that the peripheral neuropathy might have resulted from t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.70.828.762