Introduction:

Inflammatory bowel disease is a chronic disease of multifactorial etiology that in recent years has increased the number of diagnosed cases, so the clinical-endoscopic and histopathological approach is of vital importance to provide comprehensive care to patients.

Objective:

To characterize the inflammatory bowel disease clinical-endoscopic and histopathologically.

Methods:

A cross-sectional observational study was carried out. The universe was composed of 78 patients diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease and the sample was made up of 54 patients. The data obtained from biopsy ballots were collected in a form.

Results:

Patients aged between 50 and 69 years old predominated. Female sex and white skin color prevailed. The cardinal symptom that predominated was diarrhea followed by enterorrhagia and the time of evolution that prevailed was 4 to 6 months. The most frequent location of the lesions was the left colon and ulcerative colitis predominated as the main variant. Continuous lesions and granular appearance of the mucosa predominated in endoscopic features, while in histological features crypt distortion and inflammatory infiltrate of the same layer prevailed. Among the complications, the fistula stood out and most of these patients required surgical treatment.

Conclusions:

Greater affectation in middle ages, female and white skin color patients. The main associated symptom is diarrhea. The most common variant was ulcerative colitis. Adequate clinical-endoscopic and histopathological correlation was evidenced. The main complication was the fistulous tracts and intestinal stenosis, that mostly require surgical treatment.

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