[ULCERATIVE COLITIS: A 52 YEARS RETROSPECTIVE STUDY]
We present a retrospective study on 74 patients with inespecific chronic ulcerative colitis according to diagnostic criteria. The higher incidence was present in patients between 30 and 40 years old. The most frequent symptom was diarrhea (95%), abdominal pain (79%), rectal bleeding (87%), rectal tenesmus (50%), weight loss (36%), and fever (18%). In relation to the degree of severity, we found that 33,7% suffered mild symptoms, 46,6% had moderate symptoms, while 17,7% suffered severe symptoms. The endoscopic findings were: 93,2% friability, 90,5% hyperemia, and 84,4% granulatio. Mortality was of 6,7%. We concluded that this disease is rare in Peru. The related mortailty is low, symptoms are mostly moderate, and no association with cancer of colon was evidenced.
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Illescas
Luis
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García
Frida
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Faggioni
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Velasco