Although CT imaging provides an excellent means of preoperative diagnosis, suggestive signs and symptoms in a "skinny old lady" should prompt immediate operative intervention without delay.
The use of anti-TNF therapy in the perioperative period is safe and is not associated with an increase in overall or infectious complications in Crohn disease patients undergoing surgery.
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