Retinal vasculitis associated with Crohn's disease.
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Retinal vasculitis associated with Crohn's disease.
Although systemic vasculitis can be a complication of inflammatory bowel disease at several locations (skin, eyes, brain, mesentery, and lung) the association of retinal vasculitis with Crohn's disease is rare. We studied a 26-year-old woman with biopsy-demonstrated Crohn's disease who developed a severe bilateral retinal arteritis and phlebitis, with acute loss of vision.
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.71.833.170