“…Described by Glotzer et al in 1981 [ 2 ], it is characterized by endoscopic findings such as mucosal friability, oedema, erythema, appearance of polyps, ulcers, stenosis, and microscopic findings such as lymphoid follicular hyperplasia, infiltration of the lamina propria by lymphocytes, eosinophils, the appearance of plasma cells, architectural disruption, and the appearance of crypt abscesses [ 1 ]. Chronic inflammation produces an increase of serum biomarkers, like other systemic inflammatory diseases such as gastrointestinal tumour, systemic lupus erythematosus, inflammatory bowel disease and cardiovascular disease [ 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ]. The Glasgow Pronostic Score (GPS) and its modified scale (mGPS) were used to quantify the inflammatory state, based on serum levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) and albumin [ 7 ].…”