GI tract disorders · Physiology

Crohn disease differs from ulcerative colitis by:

  1. Being strictly limited to the colon
  2. Having continuous lesions
  3. Involving transmural inflammation
  4. Lacking immune involvement
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Correct answer: Involving transmural inflammation

Crohn disease causes transmural inflammation and skip lesions. It can affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract.

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