14-year-old girl with history of postprandial abdominal pain (periumbilical), fever, weight loss since ten months. She also has episodes of passing blood in stools. What may be the likely diagnosis?: (A) Chronic appendicitis, (B) Chronic pancreatitis, (C) Crohn's disease, (D) Bulimia
Answer is C. c. Crohn's disease(Ref: Nelson's 20/e p 1819, Ghai 8/e p 304)Blood in stools, abdominal pain and systemic features like fever and weight loss for months is suggestive of Inflammatory bowel disease.