Mnemonic for Crohn’s disease pathophysiology and features
CHRIS Has Too Much Watery Diarrhea and Abdominal pain
CHRIS Has Too Much Watery Diarrhea and Abdominal pain
- Cobblestone appearance of mucosa
- High temperature
- Reduced lumen size / Rose-thorn ulcers
- Ileocecal region commonly involved
- Skip lesions
- Hyperplasia of mesenteric lymph nodes
- Transmural inflammation (all layers, may ulcerate)
- Malabsorption
- Weight loss
- Diarrhoea (watery)
- Abdominal pain
