CMAJ • FEBRUARY 23, 2010 • 182(3) © 2010 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors 276 A49-year-old man presented to the emergency department with an eight-hour history of unsteady gait, impaired concentration, difficulty speaking and blurry vision, which had developed over the previous seven hours. During the preceding two days, he had been excessively thirsty and drank large amounts of wa...

Numerous similarities between Crohn's disease and sarcoidosis are being reported. Because of previous findings of culturable mycobacteriophage in the serum of many patients with sarcoidosis, mycobacteriophages were sought in serum of patients with Crohn's disease. No difference was found in the frequency of positive cultures between patients with Crohn's disease and normal control subjects.

Although the use of CAM in pediatric CD is common, quality evidence-based research is limited. There is clearly a need for further randomized controlled trials. The role of psychosocial distress in children with CD should not be overlooked and thus biobehavioral techniques should be considered and incorporated when possible. Considering the potential for growth failure and need for surgical int...

The typical macroscopic features of Crohn's disease have been well described and are widely regarded as sufficient to diagnose the disease at laparotomy. We report six patients undergoing laparotomy for symptomatic Crohn's disease, shown radiologically, who were found to have macroscopically normal small bowel despite careful examination of the bowel by an experienced surgeon. In four cases res...