在第二届炎性肠疾病国际会议上,儿科专家们指出,近10年来儿科的结肠镜检查和元素(elemental)饮食使儿童的节段性回肠炎的治疗得到很大改善。但是,这种病常被许多普通医生误诊,有时直到患儿体重骤减、腹泻和生长迟缓才做出诊断。伦敦St Bartholemew医学院医院的John Walker-Smith说,误诊的原因之一是:儿童节段性回肠炎有许多症状与其他几种疾病共有。全面的体检可以发现此病的许多肠外特征。例如肥胖唇综合征(fat-lip syndrome), At the Second International Conference on Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, pediatricians noted that pediatric colonoscopy and elemental diets have greatly improved the treatment of Crohn’s disease in children in the last 10 years. However, this disease is often misdiagnosed by many general practitioners and is sometimes not diagnosed until children have a weight loss, diarrhea and growth retardation. John Walker-Smith, of St Bartholemew School of Medicine Hospital in London, said one of the reasons for the misdiagnosis was that there are many symptoms of Crohn’s disease that are common to several other diseases. A comprehensive physical examination can reveal many of the parenteral features of the disease. Such as fat-lip syndrome,