Which disorder is more common among adults in the United States: UC or CD?

Which disorder is more common among children in the United States: UC or CD?

What is the incidence of Ulcerative Colitis (newly-diagnosed cases) in the United States?

When photomicrograph depicts Ulcerative Colitis?

Which coronal CT image depicts Ulcerative Colitis?

The antibody associated with Ulcerative Colitis classically targets all but which molecule?

You are about to prescribe an initial treatment to a patient newly-diagnosed with moderate-to-severe UC. Which do you choose?

You suspect your patient has Ulcerative Colitis. A positive titer for which antibody would most aid in your diagnosis?

Your patient receives a barium enema and the following image is recorded. What pathology is noticeable in the descending colon?

You suspect your patient has an IBD. Which clinical presentation would bring UC to the top of your differential?

You obtain a liver biopsy from your UC patient. What is the best description of what you see?

True or False: Smoking has been shown to be protective against ulcerative colitis.

Ulcerative colitis is a disease of colonic inflammation. Which part of the colon is always involved in UC?

You know that crypt abscesses (shown below) are diagnostic for UC. What makes up the infiltrate?

The immune response of UC, shown in the image, is mediated by what type of T-cell?

A 30-year-old man comes to the physician because of a 1-year history of bouts of diarrhea and abdominal pain, often associated with a low-grade fever. He has unintentionally lost 20 lbs over the past 8 months. Endoscopy reveals well-differentiated, focal patches of ulcerated lesions interspersed between normal appearing bowel mucosa in the duodenum and ileum. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

A 35-year-old man comes to the physician because of a 3-month history of back pain and buttock pain that has acutely worsened during the past week. He describes a throbbing, aching pain over his lower back. He denies a history of trauma. He has a history of Crohn disease. Medications include sulfasalazine. His vital signs are within normal limits. He cries out in pain upon palpation of the anterior superior iliac spines. Which of the following is the most likely cause of this patient’s pain?

A 30-year-old man comes to the physician because of the development of severe pain upon defecation for the past 5 days. He denies bright red blood per rectum. He has a history of intermittent crampy abdominal pain and a 15-lb unintentional weight loss over the past 6 months. He reports that he recently has been getting "canker sores" in his mouth which are painful and unresponsive to over-the-counter remedies. On exam, the patient is found to have a perirectal abscess. All of the following are true about this patient’s likely diagnosis EXCEPT:

Match the following gastrointestinal complication to the associated disease (Ulcerative colitis (UC), Crohn disease (CD)).

A. Colovesical fistula B. Fibrotic strictures C. Malabsorption of fat-soluble vitamins D. Toxic megacolon

Which of the following nutritional deficiencies is LEAST likely in a 40-year-old man with a long history of Crohn disease?

Which clinical variant of arthritis would be most likely in an HLA-B27-positive young man with a history of ulcerative colitis?

A patient with symptoms consistent with inflammatory bowel disease receives an upper endoscopy and colonoscopy. A surgical biopsy from an affected portion of bowel shows diffuse ulceration, abscesses within colonic crypts, increased cellularity and basal lymphoid aggregates. Which of the following findings is most likely positive in this patient?

Match the degree of bowl wall ulceration to the correct disease. A: Transmural B: Mucosa and submucosa only