P Ellul, J Schembri, Vella A Baldacchino, T Molnar, T Resal, M A Allocca, F Furfaro, Dal Buono, A Theodoropoulou, M Fragaki, E Tsoukali, G J Mantzaris, F Phillips, S Radford, G Moran, H A Gonzalez, S Sebastian, F Fousekis, D Christodoulou, Y Snir, Z Lerner, H Yanai, G Michalopoulos, J Tua, L Camilleri, K Papamichael, K Karmiris, K Katsanos
INTRODUCTION AND AIM: Post-inflammatory polyps (PIPs) are considered as indicators of previous episodes of severe inflammation and mucosal ulceration. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), namely Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), exhibit a perpetuating, relapsing, and remitting pattern and PIPs is a frequent sequela of chronicity. The aim of this study was to determine whether a high PIPs burden is associated with a more severe disease course in patients with IBD. METHODS: This was a multinational, multicentre, retrospective study...
November 2, 2022: Journal of Crohn's & Colitis