Backgroud: Very-early-onset inflammatory bowel disease (VEO-IBD) with onset in infancy may be caused by genetic mutation. We collected the VEO-IBD patients with interleukin-10 receptor A (IL-10RA) gene mutations to investigate the clinical phenotype and genetic characteristics.Methods: The data of 22 patients with VEO-IBD with IL-10RA gene mutations were retrospectively analyzed, and high-throughput sequencing was used to identify IL-10RA gene mutations.Results: All 22 patients in this study had IL-10RA gene mutations, including 4 (18.2%) homozygous mutations and 18 (81.8%) compound heterozygous mutations. Among these mutations, 10 mutations had been previously described and 1 novel mutation was identified. In these patients, c.C301T (p.R101W) (86.4%, 19/22) and c.G537A (p.T179T) (36.4%, 8/22) mutations were the most common mutations. This study showed that the patients had extremely early onset of symptoms, about 81.8% (18/22) of the patients had onset within 1 month after birth, and the onset time was 8.5 (IQR: 3.0–24.0) days. In addition, 77.3% (17/22) of patients had recurrent perianal lesions. Oral ulcers and skin rash were common extra-intestinal manifestations, accounting for 72.7% (16/22) and 63.6% (14/22), respectively. In this study, 3 patients underwent enterostomy and 1 patient experienced intestinal perforation repair. Umbilical cord blood transplantation (UCBT) and thalidomide proved efficacious. Follow-up showed the mortality rate was as high as 45% (9/20).Conclusions: We should consider the genetic defects in the IL-10 signaling pathway in VEO-IBD patients, particularly when they had early onset of symptoms, perianal lesions and severe colitis.