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Crohn’s disease: Clinical Usual age of onset: teens to mid 30s after 60 Diarrhea: common Abdominal pain: common, cramping Fever(intermittent): common Weight loss: common Rectal bleeding: sometimes Tenesmus: rare Malabsorption/nutritional deficiciencies: common Pathologic: Location: occures anywhere along GI tract. Most frequent site is distal ileum Small bowel involvement: common Distribution: healthy tissue interspered with area of inflammation(skip lesion) Depth of involvement: entire thickness of bowel wall(transmural) Cobblestoning of mucosa: common Pseudopolyps: rare Complications: Perianal abscess and fistulas: common Strictures: common c. diff infection: increased incidence and severity perforation: common(because inflammation involves entire bowel wall) Toxic megacolon:rare Carcinoma: increased incidence of colorectal cancer but not as muh as with ulcerative colitis...