Experiences with elderly onset IBD

Introduction and Aims: Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) are considered to have a bimodal presentation: one peak at the second or third and another peak at the fifth or sixth decade of life. Elderly onset IBD is considered to show different disease characteristics as compared to young age onset. Therefore, the aim of this study was to analyze disease characteristics in elderly onset IBD in comparison to literature data. Patients and Methods: Our database was retrospectively screened for patients with elderly onset IBD: data on 22 patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) and 12 patients with Crohn's disease (CD) wer…