Crohn's disease in the elderly.
The natural history of Crohn's disease in 47 patients, 60 years of age or older at the time of diagnosis has been defined, and their clinical management and long term prognosis reviewed. Distal colonic involvement is common in this group while extensive colonic and diffuse small bowel disease is rare. Distal colonic involvement usually carries a good prognosis except for those few patients who present with perforation which accounts for most of the disease related mortality. The pattern of distal ileal disease is similar to that observed in the younger patients except for the acute nature of symptoms at first presentation, and the low recurrence rates after initial surgical resection.
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