All ileo-cecal ulcers are not Crohn’s: Changing perspectives of symptomatic ileocecal ulcers

To investigated clinical, endoscopic and histopathological parameters of the patients presenting with ileocecal ulcers on colonoscopy.Consecutive symptomatic patients undergoing colonoscopy, and diagnosed to have ulcerations in the ileocecal (I/C) region, were enrolled. Biopsy was obtained and their clinical presentation and outcome were recorded.Out of 1632 colonoscopies, 104 patients had ulcerations in the I/C region and were included in the...