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 | | Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are quite distinct diseases but in practice there are sometimes difficulties distinguishing between them, especially in mild cases - these are usually simply classified as "chronic inflammatory bowel disease" or "indeterminate colitis". |
 | | Crohn's disease is often initially misdiagnosed as food poisoning, gastroenteritis, appendicitis (due to the common locus of pain in the lower right-hand quadrant of the abdomen), and irritable bowel syndrome. |
 | | Crohn's disease was first described by Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682-1771), and subsequent cases were described by John Berg in 1898, and by Polish surgeon Antoni Leśniowski in 1904. |
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