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    Inflammatory Bowel Disease

    Patients with inflammatory bowel disease have a variable combination of chronic or recurrent gastrointestinal symptoms. The diseases fall into two main categories:

    • Crohn's disease can include patchy transmural inflammation and granuloma formation anywhere throughout the GI tract.
    • Ulcerative colitis is a diffuse mucosal inflammation and ulceration of the rectum. It can extend throughout the large bowel.
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    Which section of the bowel wall is likely to be effected in both ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease?

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