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

Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2022 Oct;114(10):623-624. doi: 10.17235/reed.2022.8809/2022.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Appendectomy
  • Appendix* / pathology
  • Chronic Disease
  • Colonoscopy
  • Crohn Disease* / complications
  • Crohn Disease* / surgery
  • Diarrhea
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ileitis* / diagnostic imaging
  • Ileitis* / surgery
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases* / complications
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases* / diagnosis
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases* / surgery