AGA technical review on the diagnosis and management of colorectal neoplasia in inflammatory bowel disease
FA Farraye, RD Odze, J Eaden, SH Itzkowitz - Gastroenterology, 2010 - gastrojournal.org
Colorectal carcinoma (CRC) complicating ulcerative colitis (UC) was first recognized in 1925
by Crohn and Rosenberg, 1 but it was not until 1948 that Warren and Sommers reported
CRC in a patient with Crohn's disease (CD). 2 There has been much dispute regarding the
magnitude of risk in both of these conditions. For many years it was believed that the risk in
CD was insignificant. However, it is now recognized that the risk of developing CRC is
equivalent, in both conditions given a similar extent and duration of disease. Inflammatory …
by Crohn and Rosenberg, 1 but it was not until 1948 that Warren and Sommers reported
CRC in a patient with Crohn's disease (CD). 2 There has been much dispute regarding the
magnitude of risk in both of these conditions. For many years it was believed that the risk in
CD was insignificant. However, it is now recognized that the risk of developing CRC is
equivalent, in both conditions given a similar extent and duration of disease. Inflammatory …