Description
This consists of terminal ileum, caecum, ascending colon and appendix. The distal portion of the
terminal ileum shows marked thickening of the wall, which begins abruptly and ends apparently
equally abruptly in the region of the ileo-caecal valve. The thickening of the wall is annular and is
obviously narrowing the lumen. Linear ulcers are not obvious in this specimen. A loop of ileum,
uninvolved, is adherent to the mesentery.
History
This man presented with a vesico-colic fistula, with a previous history of abdominal pain
for some two years. He had had diarrhoea and one episode of bright rectal bleeding. The histology
of the lesions is that of Crohn's disease.