Collagenous colitis without diarrhoea at diagnosis – a follow up study

Figures & data

Table 1. Demographic data and follow-up time.

List number	Age at first colonoscopy (years)	Gender	Collagen layer at diagnose (µm)	Follow-up time (months)	Diarrhoea during follow-up
Anaemia or GI bleeding
1.	64	Female	15	24†	No
2.	85	Male	10	70†	No
3.	73	Female	25	85†	No
4.	93	Female	40	119	No
5.	77	Female	50	4†	Intermittent^a
6.	79	Male	25	94†	Intermittent^b
7.	79	Female	12	42†	Intermittent
IBS-like symptoms
8.	25	Female	12	144	Intermittent^c
9.	75	Female	12	144	No^d
10.	42	Male	10	144	No
11.	64	Male	12	101	No
12.	65	Male	15	98	Chronic^e
13.	43	Female	10	120	No
Obstipation
14.	71	Female	12	109^†	No
15.	76	Male	15	9^†	No

^† Follow-up until death.

^a One treatment episode with prednisolone (follow up only 4 months).

^b One episode with diarrhoeas after 3 years with response to budesonide.

^c Diarrhoea after 10 years treated with cholestyramine and budesonide. Celiac disease-well controlled (histopathological evaluation).

^d Abdominal pain and obstipation, Treated with prednisolon and budesonide. Celiac disease.

^e One watery stool daily treated with budesonide maintenance treatment..