Cure8 research brief
Regional data can reveal how IBD presents and behaves locally; that information helps clinicians with earlier recognition and tailoring care and helps researchers compare geographic phenotypes.
Clinicians, researchers, adult patients in Syria or the region, and caregivers interested in regional IBD patterns
This preprint reports that among 130 IBD patients seen at one hospital in Syria the ulcerative colitis:crohns disease ratio was about 1.5:1 with a slight female predominance and mean age of onset ~32 years. Abdominal pain and hematochezia were the most common presenting symptoms; peripheral arthropathy was the commonest extraintestinal manifestation.
Endoscopy and biopsy commonly showed congested/friable mucosa and inflammatory infiltrates. Crohn’s disease cases had higher family history rates, younger onset, predominantly inflammatory behavior and primarily colonic involvement; ulcerative colitis was most often left-sided.
Most patients were classified with high severity scores and overall surgical rates were low.
Single-center retrospective design and preprint status limit generalizability; findings are descriptive and should be interpreted as preliminary until peer-reviewed.
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