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case_images: IC valve showing superficial ulcer with whitish exudate, terminal ileum showing edema, superficial ulcers with bluish-red hue
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case_images: Ileum till 15 cm showed edematous, reddish bluish mucosa, less distensible, circumferential superficial ulcer near to ileocecal valve extending to the length of 3 cm with a few other small superficial ulcers till 30 cm (Fig. 1).
case_images: (A and B) Diffuse active ileitis with lymphoid hyperplasia and prominent histolytic inflammatory infiltrate (10x, 20x H&E); (C) Acid-fast staining did not reveal acid-fast bacilli
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case_images: Biopsies from the ulcer showed acute inflammation mixed with sheets of histiocyte infiltration (Fig. 2).
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case_images: Terminal ileum showing edema, superficial ulcers with bluish-red hue with less distensibility. One small superficial ulcer was noted in the caecum
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case_images: Mucosa edematous, erythematous with a bluish hue seen till 20 cm (Fig. 3).
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case_images: Computed tomography enterography showing terminal ileal thickening with mural stratification, note made less distensibility with contrast
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case_images: Computed tomography abdomen confirmed the ultrasound findings (Fig. 4).
case_images: Ascending colon and caecum showed few superficial ulcers maximum size 5-6 mm with surrounding erythema seen. The ileocecal valve and ileum till 12 cm displayed edematous mucosa with superficial ulcers, ileum was less distensible
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case_images: A few more superficial ulcers maximum 8 mm in size were seen around 20 cm while the rest of the mucosa was normal (Fig. 5).