RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 A wolf in sheep's clothing
JF BMJ Case Reports
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP bcr1120103492
DO 10.1136/bcr.11.2010.3492
VO 2011
A1 C M Bakker
A1 M N Sosef
A1 R A Vliegen
YR 2011
UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2011/bcr.11.2010.3492.abstract
AB Carcinoid tumours are often difficult to diagnose because of non-specific symptoms, mimicking those of irritable bowel disease of Crohn's disease. The authors describe a 57-year-old patient with clinical and radiological features, suggestive of Crohn's disease, in whom the diagnosis was proved to be a carcinoid tumour involving the terminal ileum. This case report illustrates that ileal carcinoid should be considered in the differential diagnosis of Crohn's disease, particularly in older patients.