Clinicoepidemiological characteristics of adult in 5patients with inflammatory bowel disease diagnosed Greek teaching hospitals during the year 2003 (EN)

Triantafillidis1, G. Kitis2, D. Karamanolis3, I. Karagiannis4, D. Tzourmakliotits5, J.K.

Background: During the last two decades the incidence and prevalence of Ulcerative Colitis (UC) in some European countries reached a “plateau”, a fact that is in sharp contrast to Crohn’s disease (CD) which has shown up to a sixfold increase in incidence rates over the same period. New cases of CD now account for at least equal number of cases with UC. Aim: To present the results of the analysis of some clinicoepidemiological parameters of patients with IBD diagnosed during the year 2003 in 5 teaching hospitals situated in the great area of Athens and North Greece. Results: Seventy-seven new cases with IBD were diagnosed (40 patients with CD, 36 with UC and 1 with indeterminate colitis). Extensive/total colitis was observed in 21 out of 37 patients with UC (57%). One or more extraintestinal manifestations were observed in 11(29.7%) patients with UC and 11(27.5%) patients with CD. Duration of symptoms of less than one month was observed in 18 patients with UC (49%) and 9(22.5%) patients with CD. Partial or complete response to treatment was observed in 97% and 90% of patients with UC and CD respectively. Significant differences between patients with CD and UC were observed only in the age at onset of the disease (P (EN)

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Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology

Annals of Gastroenterology

English

2007-03-19

http://www.annalsgastro.gr/index.php/annalsgastro/article/view/308

Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology (EN)

1792-7463

1108-7471

Annals of Gastroenterology; Volume 18, No 1 (2005) (EN)