Teresa García Ballester, Sheila González Padilla, Marta Maia Boscá-Watts, Víctor Merino Murgui, Carlos Abril García, Carles Suria Bolufer, Paloma Poyatos García, Isabel Pascual Moreno
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We report the case of a 38-year-old woman with a 10-year history of ulcerative proctosigmoiditis. Two months after traveling to Morocco, she developed gastrointestinal symptoms accompanied by eosinophilia in blood tests. Four months later, she progressed to systemic illness with pulmonary involvement. A colonoscopy revealed aphthous ileitis with nonspecific histology suggestive of Crohn's Disease (CD). Ultimately, serology confirmed Strongyloides stercoralis infection. Strongyloidiasis is underdiagnosed in Spain, and its differentiation from CD presents a diagnostic challenge.
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La Revista Española de Enfermedades Digestivas, Órgano Oficial de la Sociedad Española de Patología Digestiva (SEPD), Sociedad Española de Endoscopia Digestiva (SEED) y Asociación Española de Ecografía Digestiva (AEED), publica artículos originales, editoriales, revisiones, casos clínicos, cartas al director, imágenes en patología digestiva, y otros artículos especiales sobre todos los aspectos relativos a las enfermedades digestivas.