Differentiation of Colonic Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Re-examination of Paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Classes Algorithm With Resected Colon As the Criterion Standard

Conclusions: Concordance of PIBD classes algorithm diagnosis applied before colectomy with a diagnostic label based on pathologic examination of a subsequently resected colon is only fair. Caution is needed in stringent application of colonic CD and IBD-U labels based on presence of single feature.
Source: Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition - Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Original Article: Gastroenterology: Inflammatory Bowel Disease Source Type: research