Table 2. Patient characteristics.
| ID | Gender | Age at Diagnosis (Years) |
Years Symptomatic Before Diagnosis |
Presenting Symptoms | Endoscopic Findings at SRUS diagnosis |
Treatments | Remission | Time to Remission (months after diagnosis) |
Time to Relapse (months after remission achieved) |
Length of Follow-Up (months) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M | 3.7 | 3.6 | Abdominal pain, distension, constipation |
NA** | Stool softeners, mesalamine suppositories/enemas |
NA | 3 | ||
| 2 | M | 13.6 | 1.0 | Blood in stools, diarrhea, Abdominal pain, Perirectal pain |
Sigmoid colon: nodular mucosa |
Stool softeners, mesalamine suppositories |
Y | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | F | 14.6 | 7.0 | Blood in stools, diarrhea and constipation, abdominal pain |
NA | Stool softeners, mesalamine suppositories |
N | 84 | ||
| 4 | M | 9.1 | NA | Blood in stools, constipation, rectal prolapse |
NA | NA | NA | 1 | ||
| 5 | M | 6.2 | 6.0 | Blood in stools, rectal prolapse | Distal colon/rectum: erythema |
Stool softeners, mesalamine suppositories |
Y | 12 | NA | 71 |
| 6 | M | 2.9 | 2.0 | Diarrhea and constipation, abdominal distension |
NA | Stool softeners, mesalamine suppositories/enemas |
NA | 1 | ||
| 7 | M | 17.1 | 3.7 | Blood in stools, diarrhea and constipation, abdominal pain, urgency, tenesmus |
Rectum: 3 pedunculated polyps surrounded by inflammation, exudate. |
Polypectomy, stool softeners, mesalamine suppositories |
Y | 3 | 1.5 | 12 |
| 8 | M | 13.1 | 0.5 | Blood in stools, diarrhea, abdominal pain, perianal pain, tenesmus, rectal prolapse |
Rectum (to 5 cm from anal verge): Inflammation, erythema with exudate. |
Stool softeners, mesalamine suppositories |
Y | 11 | 4 | 40 |
| 9 | M | 15.7 | 1.1 | Blood in stools, diarrhea, abdominal pain, abdominal distension, urgency, tenesmus |
Rectum (to 5 cm from anal verge): patchy erythema and nodular mucosa. |
Stool softeners | NA | 3 | ||
| 10 | M | 14.3 | 1.0 | Blood in stools | NA | Polypectomy | Y | NA | NA | 1 |
| 11 | F | 13.9 | 4.0 | Blood in stools, difficulty with defecation; |
Rectum: multiple sessile polyps (recurrent). |
Polypectomy, then partial proctectomy for recurrent polyps/bleeding. Persistent constipation with hemorrhoids but no recurrent polyps. Stool softeners. |
NA | 152 | ||
| 12 | M | 15.9 | 7.3 | Blood in stools, perianal pain | Rectum (to 2 cm from anal verge): erythema |
Stool softeners | N | 87 | ||
| 13 | M | 15.5 | 1.4 | Diarrhea, abdominal pain, weight loss, fevers, hip pain. Also with persistently elevated ESR and anemia; later diagnosed with HLA-B27 spondyloarthropathy. |
Rectum (at 5 cm from anal verge): one sessile polyp |
Polypectomy | Y | 2 | NA | 13 |
| 14* | M | 16.6 | 7.7 | Blood in stools, diarrhea and constipation, abdominal pain. History of ulcerative coliits. |
Rectum (to 10 cm from anal verge): erythema, multiple erosions. Later developed nodularity, polypoid lesions in the distal rectum. |
Mesalamine suppositories, Corticosteroid, Oral and Rectal 5-ASA, Enema |
NA | 83 | ||
| 15* | F | 10.5 | 2.7 | Blood in stools, diarrhea, abdominal pain, perianal pain. History of autoimmune hepatitis, thyroiditis, ulcerative colitis. |
Rectum (to 10 cm frrom anal verge): erythema, inflammation. Also had ulcers in proximal colon and cecum. |
Stool softeners, mesalamine enemas, oral 5-ASA, oral steroids, antibiotics |
N | 24 |
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Patients with IBD
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NA: Data not available