Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis: Differences

Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are both chronic inflammatory bowel diseases. They have multifactorial etiologies. The most likely is a combination of genetic predisposition and environmental factors. An important element in the pathophysiology of these diseases appears to be the impaired mucosal barrier function of the bowel, resulting in bacteria of the normal gut flora entering the mucosa leading to chronic inflammation. 00:00 Ethyologies 02:39 Clinical findings 05:00 Intestinal complications 06:07 Extraintestinal complications 08:00 Endoscopy 08:53 Imaging 09:46 Histology #AMBOSSMed #MedicalSchool