Open AccessAn Overview of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Unclassified in Children
Author(s) -
Lauren E Thurgate,
Daniel A Lemberg,
Andrew S. Day,
Steven T. Leach
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
inflammatory intestinal diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2296-9403
pISSN - 2296-9365
DOI - 10.1159/000501519
Subject(s) - medicine , inflammatory bowel disease , ulcerative colitis , disease , pancolitis , gastroenterology , colorectal cancer , colonoscopy , cancer
The inflammatory bowel diseases cover a diverse range of conditions generally grouped into Crohn's disease (CD) or ulcerative colitis (UC) based on clinical, laboratory, radiological, endoscopic, and histological criteria. However, inflammatory bowel disease unclassified (IBDU) is used when there are clinical and endoscopic signs of chronic colitis without specific features of UC or CD but features of both. Conjecture exists regarding IBDU, especially in children, as to whether it represents a unique childhood phenotype or whether it reflects the difficulties in assigning an IBD subtype at an early age.