Oesophageal stricture associated with Crohn's disease.

Abstract

Regional enteritis was originally described as a disease of the terminal ileum (Crohn, Ginzburg, and Oppenheimer, 1932). This concept of the condition has gradually been broadened and it is now realized that similar histopathological lesions may involve any part of the alimentary tract from stomach to anus (Crohn and Yunich, 1941; Lockhart-Mummery and Morson, 1960; Wolf and Marshak, 1962; Pryse-Davies, 1964). Many authors also mention that Crohn's disease may occasionally involve the oesophagus (Crohn and Yarnis, 1958), but there are very few case reports in the literature and other authorities doubt whether such lesions are really manifestations of Crohn's disease