De ziekte van Crohn en carcinoom van de darm

– Discription of the case of a male patient aged 24 who suffered from Crohn's disease of ileum and colon. Three months after the first presentation an already disseminated colloid carcinoma of the colon was found at surgery; adjacent ileum and colon showed regional enteritis. Two months later the patient died of widespread metastases. A review of the literature concerning Crohn's disease and concomitant carcinoma of the bowel is given. The relationship is considered and early diagnostic means are discussed.