Preferred Label : Crohn disease;
Definition : 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. [MeSH];
UMLS CUI (RADLEX) : C0010346;
Origin ID : RID3475;
UMLS CUI : C0010346;
Associated condition of
- Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
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. [MeSH]
