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. 2017 Jul 7;23(25):4615–4623. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i25.4615

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A 54-year-old man with abdominal pain and anemia. A: Small bowel series spot compression image demonstrates multiple short strictures along the ileum (arrows); B: On axial images of contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) enterography, short-segmental strictures (arrows) show moderate and layered bowel wall enhancement with mild dilatation of intervening segment between strictures; C: Gross specimen of resected small intestine shows multiple short segmental strictures (arrows) with mild dilatation of intervening bowel segment, which corresponds with CT images (arrows in B); D: On the low-power H&E staining of surgical specimen (boxed area in Figure 1C) there is a superficial ulcer (arrows) and submucosal fibrosis (arrow heads) without evidence of transmural inflammation or granulomatous lesion (magnification × 10).