Crohn’s disease can cause anal fistulas, which are tunnels that go from your anus to the surface of the skin around your anus. They usually begin as an infection in one of your anal glands and can ...

The types of fistula in Crohn’s disease include: perianal, rectovaginal or colovaginal, enteroenteric, enterocutaneous or colocutaneous, enterovesical or colovesical, and eneterocolonic.

Anal involvement can be the initial presentation in up to 5% of patients with Crohn's disease ... abscesses, fistulas, and stricture -- at times, disease can be so extensive that it leads to ...

[47] Skin tags are relatively frequent manifestations of perianal disease and can be associated with fissures or fistulas ... Italy Diagnosis of intestinal Crohn's disease (CD) is challenging ...

In cases involving Crohn's disease, enterovesical fistula (EVF) can also occur, presenting similar challenges in diagnosis and management. A case report highlighted that conservative treatment is ...

HealthDay News — For pediatric patients with Crohn disease, early anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha (anti-TNFα) therapy is beneficial in preventing the development of perianal fistula complications ...

Inflammation in the GI tract is not limited to the intestines alone. Recurrent mouth sores (aphthous ulcers) are common in people with Crohn's disease, while anal itchiness, fistulas, fissures, or ...

Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China Research Center of Clinical Medicine, Affiliated Hospital ...

Simon Hong, MD, clinical assistant professor of medicine at the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at NYU Langone ... begins with a 22 year old woman with Crohn's colitis with perianal fistulae ...

The findings from the PROSPERO study reveal that multiple hospitalizations, long-term disease duration, prior surgeries, and factors like corticosteroid use and total parenteral nutrition ...