Comparing Crohn's Disease And Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome

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in the upper GI tract. Gastric and duodenal ulcers can also result from Crohn’s disease and Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (ZES). The patient does not report a history of Crohn’s disease nor is he symptomatic for it. His symptoms do not indicate (ZES). ZES is a hyper secretory gastric acid disorder that results in multiple peptic ulcers, kidney stones, watery diarrhea and malabsorption.
Liver percusses to 8 cm at midclavicular line, one fingerbreadth below right costal margin: This indicates that the patient does not have signs or symptoms of liver disease or ascites.
• Palpation of the liver may reveal liver masses or enlarged liver. According to the Stanford School of Medicine (2015), the normal liver may be slightly tender to palpitation.

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