[Cryptogenic multifocal stenosing enteritis].

The case of a patient suffering from multifocal idiopathic stenosing enteritis is described. The clinical picture is characterized by a recurrent ileus-symptomatology, which is conditioned by multiple strictures of the small bowel with a considerable dilatation of the inserted small bowel segments, by a differently marked malabsorption syndrome and by an intermittent clinical course. Aspects of the differential diagnosis are discussed, especially in relation to the non-granulomatous ulcerative jejuno-ileitis.