Tag Crohn’s disease
Thomas Kennedy Dalziel (1861–1924) 680

T. Kennedy Dalziel

Scottish surgeon T.K. Dalziel (1861–1924) early description of Crohn’s disease, led children’s surgery in Glasgow, and was knighted for WWI medical service.

John Abercrombie (1780-1844) 680

John Abercrombie

John Abercrombie (1780–1844), Scottish physician, pioneered neuropathology and GI research, and described early cases resembling Crohn’s disease in 1828

Sir Samuel Wilks (1824–1911) 680

Samuel Wilks

Sir Samuel Wilks (1824–1911), British physician, pioneered clinicopathological correlation, defined Hodgkin’s disease, and led Guy’s Hospital and RCP.

CCC Critical Care Compendium 680

Abdominal pain DDx

Acute abdomen is abdominal pain in the presence of tenderness and rigidity and is a surgical emergency. Abdominal pain can be considered in terms of surgical, Ob/Gyn and medical causes.

Ultrasound cases top 100 340

Ultrasound Case 040

A 22 year old man presents with abdominal pain and diarrhoea. He has 3 months of intermittent diarrhoea sometimes with blood, accompanied with weight loss and abdominal discomfort.