Ulcerative colitis (UC), one of the two inflammatory bowel disease, is a chronic disease characterized by diffuse mucosal inflammatory changes limited to the colon.
Most cases involve...
Symptoms may include:
Small frequent bloody or mucoid diarrhea associated with tenesmus, rectal urgency, fecal incontinence and abdominal pain, onset is gradual and progressive over we...
Disease severity (Table 1) and extent (i.e. proctitis, left-sided colitis vs extensive colitis) dictate induction and maintenance treatment (1).
Goals of treatment are to restore normal bowe...
Requires hospitalization
Start DVT prophylaxis.
Test for CDI.
60 mg methylprednisolone or hydrocortisone 100 mg 3 or ...
K51.90 Ulcerative colitis, unspecified, without complications
K51.919 Ulcerative colitis, unspecified with unspecified complications
K51.80 Other ulcerative colitis without complications
K51.0...
Diffuse, uninterrupted colonic mucosal inflammation
The hallmark symptom is bloody diarrhea.
Common medical treatments include 5-ASA, steroids, and anti-TNF-alpha therapy.
Refractory di...
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Ulcerative colitis. A section of the colonic mucosa from a patient with active ulcerative colitis shows purulent exudate on the surface, ulceration (center), diffuse inflammation superficial to the muscularis mucosae, and numerous crypt abscesses (arrows).
Ulcerative colitis. A section of the colonic mucosa from a patient with active ulcerative colitis shows purulent exudate on the surface, u...
<bold>FIGURE 68.2</bold> (<italic>A</bold>) Loss of normal vascular pattern (colonoscopic photo) (<italic>B</bold>) Contact bleeding (<italic>C</bold>) Granularity (<italic>D</bold>) Ulceration and friability (<italic>E</bold>) Colonic stricture.
<bold>FIGURE 68.2</bold> (<italic>A</bold>) Loss of normal vascular pattern (colonoscopic photo) (<italic>B...
<bold><italic>Figure 15-23</bold> The colon in chronic ulcerative colitis.</bold> Polypoid islands of intact mucosa are surrounded by mucosal ulcers.
<bold><italic>Figure 15-23</bold> The colon in chronic ulcerative colitis.</bold> Polypoid islands of intact mucos...