Mild disease can be treated with oral mesalamine, topical corticosteroid enema or foam, or mesalamine enema/suppositories.
For mild to moderate disease, Budesonide MMX® is a once-da...
Pediatric gastroenterology outpatient follow-up
Important parameters to follow routinely include abdominal symptoms, rectal bleeding, stool frequency/consistency, ...
Bousvaros A, Antonioli DA, Colletti RB, et al. Differentiating ulcerative colitis from Crohn disease in children and young adults: report of a working group of the North American So...
K51.90 Ulcerative colitis, unspecified, without complications
K51.80 Other ulcerative colitis without complications
K51.311 Ulcerative (chronic) rectosigmoiditis with rectal bleeding
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<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...
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...