Long-term risk of inflammatory bowel disease after endoscopic biopsy with normal mucosa: A population-based, sibling-controlled cohort study in Sweden.

Jiangwei SunFang FangOla OlénMingyang Song Jonas HalfvarsonBjorn RoelstraeteHamed KhaliliJonas F Ludvigsson

Published in: PLoS medicine (2023)

Endoscopic biopsy with normal mucosa was associated with an elevated IBD incidence for at least 30 years. This may suggest a substantial symptomatic period of IBD and incomplete diagnostic examinations in patients with early IBD.

Keyphrases

ultrasound guided
fine needle aspiration
ulcerative colitis
risk factors