Ulcerative Colitis: Where We Are and Where We Are Not in 2020

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has 2 general subclasses of disease: Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis, although I have always felt that our diagnostic abilities have been naive in that these are in reality many different diseases: gastroduodenal Crohn is fundamentally different from terminal ileal disease, which differs from isolated colonic disease, not to mention fistulizing disease, and obstructive disease. We are not as yet ready to chuck the term Crohn, perhaps out of deference to the Crohn family.

Source: Gastroenterology Clinics of North America - September 23, 2020 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Alan L. Buchman Tags: Foreword Source Type: research