Edematous Colitis of an Unknown Cause, Diagnosis by Pattern Recognition

Gastroenterology. 2019 Jan;156(1):e12-e13. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2018.08.055. Epub 2018 Sep 8.

Authors

Michiel Bronswijk¹, Gert De Hertogh², Marc Ferrante³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
² Department of Pathology, University Hospitals Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
³ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Translational Research in Gastrointestinal Disorders (TARGID), Department of chronic diseases, aging and metabolism (CHROMETA), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

PMID: 30205100
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2018.08.055

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Activated Protein C Resistance / complications
Activated Protein C Resistance / diagnosis
Activated Protein C Resistance / genetics
Aged
Biopsy
Colectomy
Colitis, Ischemic / diagnosis
Colitis, Ischemic / etiology*
Colitis, Ischemic / surgery
Colonoscopy
Edema / diagnosis
Edema / etiology*
Edema / surgery
Factor V / genetics
Humans
Male
Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / diagnosis
Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / etiology*
Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / surgery
Mesenteric Veins / diagnostic imaging
Mesenteric Veins / pathology*
Mesenteric Veins / surgery
Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (NADPH2) / genetics
Neointima*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Venous Thrombosis / diagnosis
Venous Thrombosis / etiology*
Venous Thrombosis / surgery

Substances

factor V Leiden
Factor V
MTHFR protein, human
Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (NADPH2)

Supplementary concepts

Thrombophilia due to Activated Protein C Resistance