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Copyright ©2008 The WJG Press and Baishideng.
World J Gastroenterol. Sep 14, 2008; 14(34): 5237-5244
Published online Sep 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.5237
Table 1 Intestinal diseases with lesions similar to Crohn's disease, ranked by order of frequency
Frequency
Crohn's disease++++
Drug-related injuries (NSAIDs)+++
Mesenteric ischaemia++
Coeliac disease (jejunitis)++
Cryptogenic multifocal ulcerous stenosing enteritis+
Radiation enteritis+
Lymphoma, ulcerated cancer+
Vasculitides (lupus, polyarthritis, PAN)+
Behçet's disease+/-
Eosinophilic enteritis+/-
Infections (CMV, Whipple, yersinia etc)+/-
Table 2 Common variable immunodeficiency disorder: Clinical manifestations
Gastrointestinal signsExtra-intestinal signs
Giardia lamblia infectionRecurrent respiratory tract infections
Small bowel bacterial overgrowthIncreased risk of lymphomas
Viral and infectious diarrhoeaIncreased risk of gastric cancer
Coeliac disease
Frequent nodular lymphoid hyperplasia, not premalignant
Table 3 Frequency of digestive manifestations of vasculitides and connective tissue diseases (adapted from Muller-Ladner[32])
DiseaseFrequency of digestive manifestations
Primary vasculitides
Periarteritis nodosa.30%-50%
Churg-Strauss Syndrome25%-50%
Behçet’s diseaseUp to 30%
Takayasu’s arteritisUp to 15%
Wegenre’s disease (granulomatosis)5%-10%
Lymphomatous granulomatosis1.5%
Horton’s disease1%
Henoch-Schönlein purpura50%-90%
Secondary vasculitides
Systemic lupus erythematosusUp to 50%
Rheumatoid arthritisUp to 10%
Connective tissue disorders
Systemic sclerosis75%-90%
Systemic lupus erythematosus (except vascular lesions)25%