A Rare Case of New-Onset Ulcerative Colitis in a Nonagenarian

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is one of two major types of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It is defined as a chronic idiopathic inflammatory disease limited to the colorectal mucosal layer and characterized by relapsing and remitting episodes of inflammation. UC almost invariably involves the rectum an...

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Autores principales: Emeasoba, Emmanuel U, Ibeson, Cece E, Kundal, Sanchit, Biondi, Stefanie, Nwosu, Ifeanyi, Golfeyz, Shmuel, Kantrowitz, Michael, Khodorskiy, Dimitry
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9307128/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35891824
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.26203
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Sumario:Ulcerative colitis (UC) is one of two major types of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It is defined as a chronic idiopathic inflammatory disease limited to the colorectal mucosal layer and characterized by relapsing and remitting episodes of inflammation. UC almost invariably involves the rectum and extends proximally in a continuous distribution to part or the entire colon. Development of disease after 75 years of age is uncommon, with new-onset over the age of 80 accounting only for 1% of all new diagnoses. We present a case of a new onset UC in a 90-year-old patient presenting with painless hematochezia.

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