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Crohn disease

Última revisão: 6 Nov 2025
Última atualização: 05 Dec 2025

Resumo

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • abdominal pain
  • prolonged diarrhea
  • perianal lesions
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • bowel obstruction
  • blood in stools
  • fatigue
  • abdominal tenderness
  • weight loss
  • fever
  • oral lesions
  • abdominal mass
  • extraintestinal manifestations (e.g., erythema nodosum or pyoderma gangrenosum)
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Fatores de risco

  • white ethnicity
  • Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry
  • age 15-40 or 50-60 years
  • family history of CD
  • use of antibiotics
  • cigarette smoking
  • diet high in refined sugar
  • diet low in fiber
  • diet high in ultra-processed foods
  • use of oral contraceptives
  • not breastfed
  • use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • CBC
  • iron studies (serum iron, serum ferritin, total iron binding capacity [TIBC], transferrin saturation)
  • serum vitamin B12
  • serum folate
  • comprehensive metabolic panel (CMP)
  • CRP and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
  • stool testing
  • Yersinia enterocolitica serology
  • plain abdominal x-ray
  • MRI abdomen/pelvis
  • CT abdomen
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Investigações a serem consideradas

  • abdominal and pelvic ultrasonography
  • ileocolonoscopy
  • tissue biopsy
  • esophagogastroduodenoscopy
  • wireless capsule endoscopy
  • fecal calprotectin
Detalhes completos

Novos exames

  • serologic markers

Algoritmo de tratamento

AGUDA

ileocecal disease not fistulizing with <100 cm of bowel affected: initial presentation or relapse

colonic disease not fistulizing: initial presentation or relapse

extensive small bowel disease (>100 cm of bowel affected) not fistulizing: initial presentation or relapse

upper gastrointestinal disease (esophageal and/or gastroduodenal disease) not fistulizing: initial presentation or relapse

perianal or fistulizing disease: initial presentation or relapse

CONTÍNUA

in remission

Colaboradores

Autores

Lucy Charlotte Hicks, MBBS, PhD, FHEA, MRCP

Consultant Gastroenterologist

Department of Gastroenterology

St Mary's Hospital

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer

Imperial College

London

UK

Declarações

LCH has received costs for travel and accommodation from Takeda.

Georgia Woodfield, MBChB, MSc, PhD, MRCP

Consultant Gastroenterologist

Department of Gastroenterology

Royal Free Hospital

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

London

UK

Declarações

GW declares that she has no competing interests.

Agradecimentos

Dr Georgia Woodfield and Dr Lucy Charlotte Hicks would like to gratefully acknowledge Mr George Reese, Dr Pranav H. Patel, Dr Philip J. Smith, Dr Charlotte Ford, Dr Wissam Bleibel, Dr Bishal Mainali, Dr Chandrashekhar Thukral, and Dr Mark A. Peppercorn, the previous contributors to this topic.

Declarações

GR is an author of a number of references cited in this topic. PHP, PJS, CF, WB, BM, CT, and MAP declare that they have no competing interests.

Revisores

Kiron M. Das, MD, PhD, FACP, FRCP

Chief of Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Professor of Medicine

Director of Crohn's & Colitis Center of New Jersey

New Brunswick

NJ

Declarações

KMD declares that he has no competing interests.

John Mansfield, MA, MD, FRCP

Consultant Gastroenterologist and Senior Lecturer

Royal Victoria Infirmary

Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Newcastle University

Newcastle upon Tyne

UK

Declarações

JM declares that he has no competing interests.

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Principais artigos

Ooi CJ, Makharia GK, Hilmi I, et al. Asia Pacific consensus statements on Crohn's disease. Part 1: definition, diagnosis, and epidemiology. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2016 Jan;31(1):45-55.Texto completo  Resumo

Lichtenstein GR, Loftus EV, Isaacs KL, et al. ACG clinical guideline: management of Crohn's disease in adults. Am J Gastroenterol. 2018 Apr;113(4):481-517.Texto completo  Resumo

Gomollón F, Dignass A, Annese V, et al. 3rd European evidence-based consensus on the diagnosis and management of Crohn's disease 2016: Part 1: diagnosis and medical management. J Crohns Colitis. 2017 Jan;11(1):3-25.Texto completo  Resumo

Torres J, Bonovas S, Doherty G, et al. ECCO guidelines on therapeutics in Crohn's disease: medical treatment. J Crohns Colitis. 2020 Jan 1;14(1):4-22.Texto completo  Resumo

Adamina M, Bonovas S, Raine T, et al. ECCO guidelines on therapeutics in Crohn's disease: surgical treatment. J Crohns Colitis. 2020 Feb 10;14(2):155-68.Texto completo  Resumo

Feuerstein JD, Ho EY, Shmidt E, et al. AGA clinical practice guidelines on the medical management of moderate to severe luminal and perianal fistulizing Crohn's disease. Gastroenterology. 2021 Jun;160(7):2496-508.Texto completo  Resumo

Gionchetti P, Dignass A, Danese S, et al. 3rd European evidence-based consensus on the diagnosis and management of Crohn’s disease 2016: Part 2: surgical management and special situations. J Crohns Colitis. 2017 Feb;11(2):135-49.Texto completo  Resumo

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