[Inflammatory bowel diseases and upper gastrointestinal tract]

Abstract

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are inflammatory diseases with a flare-up evolution and an unknown etiology. Inflammatory lesions of the upper gastrointestinal tract are more and more often described in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. The aim of this article was to review the inflammatory lesions of the esophagus, stomach and duodenum currently described in the IBD.

Keywords: Crohn's disease; Duodenum; Duodénum; Esophagus; Estomac; Inflammatory bowel diseases; Maladie de Crohn; Maladies inflammatoires chroniques intestinales; Pathology; Rectocolite ulcéro-hémorragique; Stomach; Ulcerative colitis; pAthologie; Œsophage.