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Clinical Challenge: Diagnosing Ulcerative Colitis

May 29, 2020

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Recent years have seen a proliferation of effective targeted treatments for ulcerative colitis (UC). But before considering a management plan, the initial steps for a patient who presents with possible UC are clinical and endoscopic evaluation and assessment of severity, which will help determine the course of treatment to be followed.

Clinical Concerns

The disease is characterized by relapsing and remitting episodes of mucosal inflammation that cause symptoms of diarrhea, bleeding, urgency, and pain on the left side of the abdomen. The most common ages of onset are 15 to 30 years.

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