{"id":14,"date":"2009-03-19T15:18:41","date_gmt":"2009-03-19T15:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/case-reports\/?p=14"},"modified":"2009-03-20T15:51:39","modified_gmt":"2009-03-20T15:51:39","slug":"crohn-disease-in-nepal-true-rarity-or-gross-underdiagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/case-reports\/2009\/03\/19\/crohn-disease-in-nepal-true-rarity-or-gross-underdiagnosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Crohn disease in Nepal: true rarity or gross underdiagnosis?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;font-family: Verdana\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Verdana\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: #000000;font-family: Verdana\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: black;font-family: Verdana\">The authors describe an unusual case of Crohn&#8217;s disease in Nepal. Unusual on two accounts &#8211; Crohn&#8217;s disease appears to be virtually unknown in Nepal and this case presented with bowel perforation. Exploring both these factors, this case report makes for very interesting reading and reminds us that we only see what we look for.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;color: black;font-family: Verdana\"><a href=\"http:\/\/casereports.bmj.com\/cgi\/content\/full\/2009\/mar02_1\/bcr1020081117\">Crohn disease in Nepal: true rarity or gross underdiagnosis?<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;font-family: Verdana\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Verdana\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><!--TrendMD v2.4.8--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The authors describe an unusual case of Crohn&#8217;s disease in Nepal. 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