A 27-year-old woman presents with intermittent bloody diarrhoea and abdominal pain for 3 months. Colonoscopy demonstrates patchy transmural inflammati...

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A 27-year-old woman presents with intermittent bloody diarrhoea and abdominal pain for 3 months. Colonoscopy demonstrates patchy transmural inflammation with skip lesions in the terminal ileum and proximal colon. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Crohn disease

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Ulcerative colitis

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Ischaemic colitis

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Irritable bowel syndrome

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Diverticulitis

au-amc MCQ (SBA): Crohn disease

A 27-year-old woman presents with intermittent bloody diarrhoea and abdominal pain for 3 months. Colonoscopy demonstrates patchy transmural inflammation with skip lesions in the terminal ileum and proximal colon. What is the most likely diagnosis?