[Recommendations based on the management of patients with Crohn disease in the Peruvian context. Position paper of the Association for the Study of the Intestine (ASPEIN)].

Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract whose etiology is unknown, which can transmurally affect any segment of the intestine and/or the perineal region. Worldwide, the incidence of inflammatory bowel disease has increased in recent decades, and the same upward trend can be seen in South America. At national level, there are no official data, however, the increase in the number of publications in the last 20 years confirms this upward trend.

[Clinical significance of the presence of granulomas in Crohn's disease].

Unlabelled: Epithelioid granuloma is a characteristic histological feature of Crohn's disease (CD), but their significance with respect to the severity and progression of the disease is still uncertain.

Objective: To evaluate the clinical characteristics of CD patients in relation to the presence or not of granulomas in histological findings.

Materials And Methods: An observational, descriptive, retrospective study in patients diagnosed with CD from January 2004 to December 2019 in the gastroenterology department of the Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen National Hospital, Lima-Peru.

[Evaluation of endoscopic and histological activity as predictors of clinical relapse in ulcerative colitis].

Unlabelled: Ulcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by a recurrent and remitting course. Clinical remission and mucosal healing are the current therapeutic goals in management. The histological remission could be a better objective because of its prognostic impact.