Muhammad Irfan, Asim Saleem, Rakhshinda Iram, Ghulam Mustafa Aftab, Ahsen Naqv I, Aftab Mohsin.
Retrospective Analysis of Extent of Ulcerative Colitis, Predictive Factors and Coexisting Disorders on Sigmoidoscopy.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;12(1):277-9.

Aim: To determine the characteristics of ulcerative colitis including extent of the disease, predictive factors and coexisting disorders in patients who underwent sigmoidoscopy at Liver Clinic, Lahore, Study Design: Retrospective cohort study . Methods: In a retrospective analysis of the patients who were diagnosed as suffering ulcerative colitis during sigmoidoscopy, the genders, age groups, indication for sigmoidoscopy, and type of ulcerative colitis were the qualitative variables, while age of the patients was the only quantitative variable. Results: The ulcerative colitis was the diagnosis in 117(11.65%) patients during a total of the 1004 sigmoidoscopies. The mean age of these ulcerative colitis patients was 37.85+14.26. 68(58.1%). 68(58.1%) were male while 49(41.9%) were female. 23(19.6%) patients were suffering ulcerative proctitis, 25(21.4%) ulcerative proctosigmoiditis and in remaining 69 (59%) patients ulcerative colitis was seen throughout visualized length i.e. rectum till splenic flexure. 30(25.6%) patients with ulcerative colitis had additional associated disorders: 12(40%) ulcerative colitis patients had superimposed pseudomembranous colitis, 8(26.7%) colitis patients had pseudopolyps formation, 7(23.3%) had solitary benign polyps, 2(6.7%) had internal hemorrhoids and 1 (3.3% ) patient had malignant growth Conclusion: Ulcerative colitis was predominantly found in early age group and female gender presenting with bloody diarrhea during sigmoid oscopic examination.

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