Kota Sugisaki, Fumiko Honma, Haruyo Iwadate, Kiori Shio, Yasuo Shioya, Etsuko Fukaya, K. Sato, Hiroyuki Saito, Hideharu Sekine, Hiroko Kobayashi, Hiroshi Orikasa, Hiroshi Watanabe, Yukio Sato,
We report a case of ulcerative colitis (UC) that occurred during the course of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). A 29-year-old woman with a 25-year history of RA was hospitalized for high fever, abdominal pain and hematochezia. Colonoscopy revealed erosive and reddish mucosa from the distal transverse colon to rectum. Histology revealed cryptitis (mainly caused by neutrophils), mild crypt abscess and goblet cell depletion. She was diagnosed with left-sided UC and treated with mesalamine enema. The abdominal ...
Tópico(s): Microscopic Colitis
2004 - The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine | Internal Medicine