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Gynecologic Manifestations of Crohn's Disease
Aka: Gynecologic Manifestations of Crohn's Disease, Crohn's Disease in Women
- See Also
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Crohn's Disease
- Crohn's Disease in Pregnancy
- Enteric Fistulas
- Enterovesical fistula (bowel to Bladder fistula)
- Less common in women than enterovaginal fistula
- Presentations
- Pneumaturia and Urinary Tract Infection symptoms
- Polymicrobial Urinary Tract Infection
- Enterovaginal fistula
- Presentations
- Fecal Vaginal Discharge
- Passing of gas vaginally
- Differential diagnosis
- Diverticulitis
- Colon Cancer
- Diagnostic modalities
- Vaginoscopy with rectal insufflation
- Gastrografin enema
- Rectal methylene blue stain
- Fistulogram with contrast dye
- Other fistula locations
- Uterus
- Adnexa
- Vulva
- Perineum
- Perineum and Vulva
- Perineal lesions after Vaginal Birth with episiotomy
- Responds to Flagyl with other Crohn's Disease agents
- Vulvar lesions
- Presentations
- Isolated Granulomatous vulvar lesions
- Pyoderma Gangrenosum of the vulva
- Vulvar Cancer (squamous cell)
- Vulvar lesions or fistulas
- Differential Diagnosis
- Bartholin's Gland Cyst
- Tuberculosis
- Actinomycosis
- Lymphogranuloma venereum
- Genital Herpes
- Miscellaneous gynecologic associations
- Granulomatous lesions of Adnexa Differential Diagnosis
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
- Endometriosis
- Appendicitis
- Diverticulitis
- Menstrual abnormalities (may be exacerbated by NSAIDs)
- Dysmenorrhea
- Amenorrhea
- Menorrhagia
- Cyclic variation in bowel symptoms with Menses
- Psychological Affects
- Altered self-image and body image
- Sexual Dysfunction (e.g. perineal pain)
- Socially inhibited
- References
- Feller (2001) Am Fam Physician 64(10):1725-8 [PubMed]
- Weber (1995) Obstet Gynecol 86:843-7 [PubMed]