One appendix too many: a severe IBD-U case in remission after appendectomy.

Pedro Bernardes Antunes Margarida Gonçalves Tiago Leal Bruno Gonçalves

Published in: Revista espanola de enfermedades digestivas : organo oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Patologia Digestiva (2022)

A 39-year-old female was diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease unclassified (IBD-U) in 2011, during the post-partum period, after developing chronic bloody diarrhea and marked weight loss. She underwent colonoscopy showing erosive ileitis and pancolitis. Biopsies were compatible with unspecified chronic ileocolitis.

Keyphrases

ulcerative colitis
weight loss
bariatric surgery
early onset
type diabetes
roux en y gastric bypass
rheumatoid arthritis
disease activity
body mass index
metabolic syndrome
adipose tissue
irritable bowel syndrome
clostridium difficile
insulin resistance