1. Is Multiple Sclerosis an Extra-Intestinal Manifestation of Inflammatory Bowel Disease? Food for Thought
- Author
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Baher Al Abbasi, Shaun Isaac, Dhruvil Radadiya, Karolina N. Dziadkowiec, and Peter Stawinski
- Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty ,Weakness ,crohn's disease ,Colonoscopy ,Disease ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,multiple sclerosis ,Inflammatory bowel disease ,Gastroenterology ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,colonoscopy ,Internal medicine ,Epidemiology ,Internal Medicine ,Medicine ,Crohn's disease ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Multiple sclerosis ,ibd ,General Engineering ,ms ,medicine.disease ,digestive system diseases ,Neurology ,medicine.symptom ,egd ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
For many years there has been a suggested association between multiple sclerosis (MS) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Aside from their common epidemiological and immunological similarities, there appears to be an association between the incidence of both diseases coexisting. We report a case of a 41-year-old man with chronic diarrhea and weakness, who was found to have concomitant MS and Crohn's Disease. Our report underscores the importance clinicians of maintaining a high degree of suspicion about the potential association of these conditions among these patient populations.
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- 2020