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Idiopathic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

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Idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) includes ulcerative colitis (UC), Crohn’s disease (CD), and gastrointestinal (GI) involvement of Behçet’s disease (BD). UC is characterized by continuous and diffuse inflammation of colon which involves rectum in almost all cases. In active UC, blurring of vascularity, erythema, granularity, edema, friability, exudates, mucosal bleeding, and ulcers can be observed. CD can involve any site of GI tract and is characterized by transmural inflammation of the bowel. Aphthous erosions and ulcerations can be observed in the early stage, and linearly arranged aphthous erosions/ulcerations are characteristic of CD. With progress of disease, various ulcers, longitudinal ulcers, and cobblestone appearance develop. CD is more commonly complicated by stricture or perforation of bowel. GI BD is characterized by one or a few large, discrete, and deep ulcers located in the ileocecal area. In this chapter, the clinical and endoscopic features of UC, CD, and GI BD will be presented.

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  1. Department of Gastroenterology and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

    Byong Duk Ye

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

    Hoon Jai Chun

  2. Department of Gastroenterology, ASAN Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

    Suk-Kyun Yang

  3. Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

    Myung-Gyu Choi

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Ye, B.D. (2014). Idiopathic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. In: Chun, H., Yang, SK., Choi, MG. (eds) Clinical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35626-1_19

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