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Appearance of hepatobiliary diseases in a population-based cohort with inflammatory bowel diseases (Inflammatory Bowel Disease Cohort of the Uppsala Region).

AbstractBACKGROUND AND AIM:
To prospectively follow the evolution of hepatobiliary diseases in a population-based cohort of patients with inflammatory bowel diseases.
METHODS:
Between 2005 and 2009, 790 incident cases of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease were registered in the Uppsala Health Region, corresponding to an average incidence of 20.0 and 9.9 new cases/100 000 inhabitants/year, respectively. Liver function tests were analyzed in 97.1% and the results of ensuing investigations were summarized.
RESULTS:
Seventeen patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis were diagnosed corresponding to an overall prevalence of 2.2% (ulcerative colitis 1.7% and Crohn's disease 3.0%, respectively). The median age at diagnosis was 25 years (interquartile range: 17.0-34.0). Among the 92 patients below 17 years of age, three had autoimmune hepatitis and three primary sclerosing cholangitis, summing up to a prevalence of 6.5% immune-mediated hepatobiliary diseases among the pediatric patients. Three patients have undergone liver transplantation and one died of colonic carcinoma. Ten patients have demonstrated persistent elevation of alkaline phosphatases but had a normal magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (two patients) or refused further investigation (one patient).
CONCLUSION:
In this first large prospective population-based cohort of 526 patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) and 264 with Crohn's disease, 17 cases of primary sclerosing cholangitis were found, among whom three (17%) so far have been liver transplanted and one has died of colon carcinoma. The average age of those affected by primary sclerosing cholangitis is considerably lower than usually reported. Ten patients had or have had elevated alkaline phosphatase without confirmed liver or biliary disease.
AuthorsAnders Rönnblom, Tommy Holmström, Hans Tanghöj, Fredrik Rorsman, Daniel Sjöberg
JournalJournal of gastroenterology and hepatology (J Gastroenterol Hepatol) Vol. 30 Issue 8 Pg. 1288-92 (Aug 2015) ISSN: 1440-1746 [Electronic] Australia
PMID25777994 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Copyright© 2015 Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Foundation and Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd.
Chemical References
  • Biomarkers
  • Alkaline Phosphatase
Topics
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Alkaline Phosphatase (blood)
  • Biomarkers (blood)
  • Child
  • Cholangitis, Sclerosing (diagnosis, epidemiology, mortality, surgery)
  • Cohort Studies
  • Colitis, Ulcerative (epidemiology)
  • Comorbidity
  • Crohn Disease (epidemiology)
  • Female
  • Hepatitis, Autoimmune (diagnosis, epidemiology)
  • Humans
  • Liver Function Tests
  • Liver Transplantation (mortality)
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prevalence
  • Prospective Studies
  • Survival Rate
  • Sweden (epidemiology)
  • Young Adult

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