Strategies for early diagnosis of perianal Crohn's disease

Crohn’s disease (CD) is a chronic (inflammatory bowel) disease (IBD) with high impact on the lives of mostly young patients. In daily clinical practice, it may be challenging to identify patients at risk of having CD at an early stage, especially when they present with perianal disease as manifesting sign. Although it is assumed that a prolonged time to diagnosis results in worse outcomes, data