Resumen

ANEZ, Marianela; FUENMAYOR, Mildred  y  ROMERO, Gisela. Enfermedad Inflamatoria Intestinal: Rectocolitis Úlcerosa Idiopática y Enfermedad de Crohn. Gen [online]. 2012, vol.66, n.3, pp.197-206. ISSN 0016-3503.

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) comprises a group of chronic intestinal inflammatory disorders of unknown etiology, which includes Ulcerative Colitis Idiopathic (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) as the two most important diseases of this group. Both are characterized by the appearance of recurrent acute inflammation, which affects the degree and extent variables layers and segments of the intestine, with various clinical manifestations both digestive and extra digestive often follow a relapsing course. UC affects the rectum and colon and is characterized by a continuous inflammatory process predominantly mucosal. The CD is a transmural inflammation and discontinuous segmental can affect the entire digestive tract from mouth to anus.

Palabras clave : Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Ulcerative Colitis Idiopathic; Crohn’s disease; Treatment.