Clinical Study
Characteristics of Pediatric Crohn’s Disease in Saudi Children: A Multicenter National Study
Table 1
The presenting symptoms and signs of children with Crohn’s disease (
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| | Number | Percentage |
| Symptoms | | | Abdominal pain | 278 | 84.2 | Weight loss reported | 248 | 75.2 | Diarrhea | 237 | 71.8 | Anorexia | 130 | 39.4 | Bleeding per rectum | 104 | 31.5 | Vomiting | 82 | 24.8 | Bloating/flatulence | 75 | 22.7 | Fever | 68 | 20.6 | Nausea | 47 | 14.2 | Altered bowel habits | 27 | 8.2 | Perianal disease | 27 | 13 | Joint pain | 30 | 9.1 | Constipation | 21 | 6.4 | Tenesmus | 19 | 5.8 | Mouth sore | 9 | 2.7 | Rash | 6 | 1.8 | Clinical signs | | | General manifestation | | | Underweight (below 5th percentile) | 193 | 58.5 | Overweight | 1 | 0.3 | Mouth ulcers | 5 | 1.5 | Clubbing | 2 | 0.6 | Generalized edema | 2 | 0.6 | Skin examination | | | Erythema nodosum | 3 | 0.9 | Pyoderma gangrenosum | 3 | 0.9 | Ichthyosis | 1 | 0.3 | Hyperpigmentation | 1 | 0.3 | Hypopigmentation | 1 | 0.3 | Abdominal examination | | | Abdominal tenderness | 117 | 35.4 | Abdominal mass | 10 | 3 | Abdominal distention | 3 | 0.9 | Hepatosplenomegaly | 2 | 0.6 | Ascites | 1 | 0.3 |
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