Young woman with Crohn’s disease who has severe abdominal pain, nausea/vomiting, and a distended tender abdomen, most consistent with small bowel obstruction likely due to a stricture in setting of Crohn’s disease
Key idea: Elevated amylase is NOT specific for pancreatitis and can also be seen in patient with vomiting
Key idea: Small bowel obstruction classically leads to 5 symptoms: (1) Obstipation (constipation, no flatulence) (2) High-pitched bowel sounds (bowel working hard to try to get past obstuction) (3) Abdominal distention (4) Abdominal pain (5) Nausea/vomiting
Crohn’s disease leads to transmural fibrosis and can therefore damage underlying stem cells and lead to fibrotic strictures through healing process
the change from green liquid to yellow liquid threw me off. i was thinking gastric outlet obstruction that initially let out bile until it progressed further until letting out only stomach acid?
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