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D.S., a 45 years old man, was diagnosed with ileal Crohn’s disease when he was 36 years old. At his first presentation in July 2011, the patient complained of a 6-month history of diarrhea with 3–4 bowel movements per day, recurrent abdominal pain mainly located at the right flank/iliac fossa, and some episodes of food vomiting.
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Mazza, S., Fraquelli, M. (2021). Case 4: To Operate or Not to Operate? A Case of Crohn’s Disease When Elastography Helped. In: Fraquelli, M. (eds) Elastography of the Liver and Beyond. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74132-7_21
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