Inflammatory Bowel Disease-Unclassified in Children: Diagnosis and Pharmacological Management
Inflammatory bowel diseases are chronic disorders of the gastrointestinal tract that include Crohn’s disease (CD), ulcerative colitis (UC) and inflammatory bowel disease-unclassified (IBDU). The latter defines a subgroup of patients with clinical and endoscopic evidence of chronic colitis, without specific features of either CD or UC. These patients will possibly be re-classified as having UC or CD during the follow-up, although a significant percentage of them will keep the diagnosis of IBDU.