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Mucocele of the appendix: an unusual cause of lower abdominal pain in a patient with ulcerative colitis. A case report and review of literature.

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The authors report the case of a 60-year-old male patient. In November 2001 he developed intestinal symptoms of bloody diarrhea and abdominal pain. Colononoscopy and biopsy established the diagnosis of ulcerative colitis (proctosigmoiditis). The disease activity was moderate at the beginning. No

Acute rectocolitis following endoscopy in health check-up patients--glutaraldehyde colitis or ischemic colitis?

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OBJECTIVE Acute rectocolitis is a rare complication that follows endoscopy. It could be caused by glutaraldehyde or ischemic injury. The clinical, endoscopic, radiological, and pathological features of glutaraldehyde-induced colitis may mimic those of ischemic colitis. We reported our experiences

Refractory proctosigmoiditis probably caused by inferior mesenteric vein ligation at sigmoidectomy.

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A case of refractory proctosigmoiditis is reported in a 65-year-old female post-sigmoidectomy patient. She had bloody diarrhea and abdominal pain 2 years after sigmoidectomy, in which the inferior mesenteric vein was ligated close to the inferior mesenteric artery root during the lymph node

Local disodium cromoglycate is ineffective in ulcerative proctosigmoiditis.

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Conflicting results have emerged from studies using oral and rectal disodium cromoglycate (DSCG) in inflammatory bowel disease. In the present double-blind study, 43 patients with active ulcerative proctosigmoiditis received either placebo (n = 22) or 600 mg DSCG (n = 21) rectally as enemas for

An unusual case of proctosigmoiditis secondary to arteriovenous fistulization.

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Refractory chronic colitis presents a medical and surgical challenge, and underlying etiologies are diverse with potential for misclassification as inflammatory bowel disease. We present an unusual case of chronic proctosigmoiditis with rare vascular etiology. A 48-year-old Caucasian male presented

Educational clinical case series for pediatric allergy and immunology: allergic proctocolitis, food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome and allergic eosinophilic gastroenteritis with protein-losing gastroenteropathy as manifestations of non-IgE-mediated cow's milk allergy.

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Cow's milk protein allergy is the most common food allergy in infants and young children. It is estimated that up to 50% of pediatric cow's milk allergy is non-IgE-mediated. Allergic proctocolitis is a benign disorder manifesting with blood-streaked stools in otherwise healthy-appearing infants who

[Proctocolitis by cryptococcus in an immunocompetent patient: first report in Peru].

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Cryptococcosis is a typical opportunistic fungal infection in immunocompromised patients especially those with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus). We report a case of primary intestinal criptococosis in a 57 year old women HIV negative with one year of abdominal pain and hematochezia. Colonoscopy

[Pseudomembranous rectocolitis].

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The following conclusions were drawn from a study of 15 cases of pseudo-membranous coloproctitis (PMCP): PMCP was seen in subjects of both sexes and all ages. The causative agent was found in all antibiotic classes. Clinical signs comprised constant diarrhea, fever, abdominal pain, toxic shock and,

[Clinical picture of Crohn's disease in children and adolescents].

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The authors describe the course of Crohn's disease in two boys and six girls aged 11.1-15.6 years. In three patients with terminal ileitis and affection of the ascendent colon the disease is characterized by prolonged growth retardation, subfebrile temperatures, abdominal pain. For patients with

Acute colitis caused by caustic products.

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We report two cases of acute proctocolitis caused by rectal application of caustic products of domestic use. One 61-yr-old woman applied an ammonia solution enema; the other patient, a 63-yr-old woman, accidentally applied an enema containing lye. Both patients presented with intense anal pain, but

[Diarrhea after vascular reconstruction of an abdominal aortic aneurysm].

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METHODS A 60-year-old man had a dacron aortofemoral bypass graft inserted to replace a ruptured infrarenal aortic aneurysm rupture. He subsequently had tachyarrhythmic atrial fibrillation with heart failure, NYHA class IV, and diffuse abdominal pain associated with watery diarrhea. METHODS Stool

Changes in extent of ulcerative colitis: a study on the course and prognostic factors.

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BACKGROUND The prognosis of patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) has previously been described with regard to mortality, cancer occurrence, and need for colectomy on the basis of an annual follow-up of a regional cohort of UC patients in Copenhagen County diagnosed in 1962-87. The objective of this

What is the 'objective' differential factor of diarrhea in infancy?: Normal state versus diarrheal illness in infants with chronic frequent and loose stool.

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OBJECTIVE This study aimed to identify 'objective' differential factors for normal frequent loose stool (NFLS) and diarrheal illness with dehydration and nutritional deficiency (DIDN) among infants with chronic frequent loose stool (CFLS). METHODS Data were analyzed from infants under 2 years of age

Surgical therapy of chronic inflammatory bowel disease in childhood.

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The overall impression gained from the experience of the Departments of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Surgery attached to St Bartholomew's Hospital are the enormous benefits that surgery has to confer on the large percentage of children with both Crohn's disease and idiopathic proctocolitis who

Crohn's disease complicated by intestinal infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

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We report on a 24-year-old male patient with history of bloody diarrhea, abdominal pain and vomiting. Endoscopy revealed massive ulcerative discontinuous proctosigmoiditis with deep, sharply demarcated epithelial denudations and enterotoxigenic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was

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