ASCRS Textbook of Colon and Rectal Surgery
IBD Diagnosis and Evaluation
Key Concepts
- Crohn’s disease may present in a wide variety of ways depending on site of disease and phenotype.
- Multiple scoring and grading systems are in use to assess disease-related activity.
- Extraintestinal manifestations are common and may be the presenting sign of diagnosis in ~ 1/4 of patients with IBD.
- Pathologists are commonly unable to distinguish between UC and CD on endoscopic biopsies.
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Last updated: January 26, 2022
Citation
Brar, Mantaj S, and Helen MacRae. "IBD Diagnosis and Evaluation." ASCRS Textbook of Colon and Rectal Surgery, 2022. ASCRS U, www.ascrsu.com/ascrs/view/ASCRS-Textbook-of-Colon-and-Rectal-Surgery/2285039/all/IBD_Diagnosis_and_Evaluation.
Brar MS, MacRae H. IBD Diagnosis and Evaluation. ASCRS Textbook of Colon and Rectal Surgery. 2022. https://www.ascrsu.com/ascrs/view/ASCRS-Textbook-of-Colon-and-Rectal-Surgery/2285039/all/IBD_Diagnosis_and_Evaluation. Accessed September 24, 2023.
Brar, M. S., & MacRae, H. (2022). IBD Diagnosis and Evaluation. In ASCRS Textbook of Colon and Rectal Surgery https://www.ascrsu.com/ascrs/view/ASCRS-Textbook-of-Colon-and-Rectal-Surgery/2285039/all/IBD_Diagnosis_and_Evaluation
Brar MS, MacRae H. IBD Diagnosis and Evaluation [Internet]. In: ASCRS Textbook of Colon and Rectal Surgery. ; 2022. [cited 2023 September 24]. Available from: https://www.ascrsu.com/ascrs/view/ASCRS-Textbook-of-Colon-and-Rectal-Surgery/2285039/all/IBD_Diagnosis_and_Evaluation.
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