Characterization of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the Elderly According to Age of Onset.

: Elderly populations are under-represented in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) clinical trials, with limited data on phenotype, treatment patterns, outcomes, and comorbidities. The main objective of this study was to evaluate, in an elderly cohort with IBD, demographic and disease characteristics, comorbidity, polypharmacy, and treatment patterns according to the development of IBD at or before old age. Secondarily, the same analysis was performed based on the type of IBD: ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn's disease (CD).

Experience in the treatment of esophageal anastomosis dehiscence using self-expanding metallic prosthesis.

Introduction: esophageal anastomosis dehiscence is a serious complication after esophageal cancer surgery with high mortality risk. One of the treatment options is self-expanding esophageal prostheses. Our aim was to evaluate the outcome of esophageal prostheses in the management of suture dehiscences after oncologic surgery.

A further step in the differential diagnosis of refractory abdominal pain: cryptogenic multifocal ulcerous stenosing enteritis.

We present the case of a 45-year-old male smoker, who presented with intermittent abdominal pain related to intake since one year previously. During the study, positive anti-transglutaminase antibodies were detected, leading to a diagnosis of celiac disease, with no improvement of the clinical symptoms despite total suspension of gluten. The study was completed by magnetic resonance (MR) enterography, detecting extensive and ill-defined inflammatory alterations in the jejunum and proximal ileum walls.