Ulcerative Colitis Following Orthotopic Cardiac Transplantation

Middle East J Dig Dis. 2017 Oct;9(4):235-238. doi: 10.15171/mejdd.2017.79.

Abstract

Inflammatory bowel disease following a solid organ transplantation while the patient is receiving immunosuppressive therapy is a rare phenomenon. Here we present a 48-year-old man who underwent cardiac transplantation 9 years earlier and was receiving cyclosporine as immunosuppressive therapy since then, presenting with complaints of rectorrhagia and diarrhea. In follow-up, he was diagnosed as having ulcerative colitis. We also reviewed the literature for similar cases, which yielded very few similar ones.

Keywords: Biopsy; Endosonography; Fine-Needle; Pancreas; Tuberculosis.

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  • Case Reports