Ulcerative colitis. Complications and sequelae in relation to the extent of the disease. A 10-year material

Patients with ulcerative colitis in our catchment area were followed over a ten-years period with the focus on the relation between the extent of inflammation and complications. Total colitis was found in 180 out of 334 patients with known extension, while in 154 of the patients the inflammation was...

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Veröffentlicht in:Tidsskrift for den Norske Lægeforening 1997-09, Vol.117 (22), p.3205-3207
Hauptverfasser: Skrede, B, Raknerud, N, Aadland, E
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Sprache:nor
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Zusammenfassung:Patients with ulcerative colitis in our catchment area were followed over a ten-years period with the focus on the relation between the extent of inflammation and complications. Total colitis was found in 180 out of 334 patients with known extension, while in 154 of the patients the inflammation was classified as left-sided colitis. The frequency of severe colitis, colectomy and cancer was more or less the same as stated in earlier reports. We observed a difference, however, between the patients with extensive colitis and those with left-sided colitis as regards the course of the disease and the complications related to ulcerative colitis. The risk of liver disease, severe colitis and colectomy were significantly higher among the patients suffering from extensive colitis. Extraintestinal manifestations, on the other hand, were equally distributed among both groups of patients. The reasons for the observed differences are unknown.
ISSN:0029-2001