Rheumatoid vasculitis of the colon presenting as pancolitis.
| Autor: | Burt RW, Berenson MM, Samuelson CO, Cathey WJ |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Digestive diseases and sciences [Dig Dis Sci] 1983 Feb; Vol. 28 (2), pp. 183-8. |
| DOI: | 10.1007/BF01315149 |
| Abstrakt: | This report describes a patient with pancolitis resulting from rheumatoid vasculitis. Corticosteroid treatment reduced colonic inflammation but colectomy was required to control hemorrhage. The case illustrates the need to recognize colitis as a manifestation of rheumatoid vasculitis so that new treatment modalities may be employed to achieve a more successful medical management. The appearance of discrete colonic ulcerations following corticosteroid treatment of pancolitis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis should further suggest the diagnosis of intestinal vasculitis. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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