Severity of mucosal inflammation was evaluated using the Mayo score of endoscopic index at each location (rectum, sigmoid colon, descending colon, and the oral side of the splenic flexure ...

In this study, we examined UC patients for inflammatory activity at each ... Therefore, patients with severe activity up to the sigmoid colon may have been underestimated because such patients ...

Medically reviewed by Jamie Johnson, RDN Ulcerative colitis is a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a chronic disease ...

Medically reviewed by Kumkum S. Patel, MD Ulcerative colitis is a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The condition ...

virtual colonoscopy enables exact localization of the affected sections of the colon and the differentiation between tumor and inflammation. Additionally, the procedure does not impair possibly ...

They are most common in the lower portion of the large intestine (called the sigmoid colon). Diverticulosis ... Diverticulitis occurs when there is inflammation and infection in one or more ...