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Article: A super 'lead pipe' colon: radio-pathological correlation of long-standing ulcerative colitis.(Case study)
- Article from:
- South African Journal of Radiology
- Article date:
- October 1, 2008
- Author:
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Introduction
This report demonstrates the progression of a defunctioned colon in a patient with ulcerative colitis (UC), 20 years after ileostomy without colectomy. Long-segment stricture formation in UC is a more intensive local manifestation of a process involving the entire thickness of the wall of the bowel.
Case report
A 59-year-old woman presented with a pink watery anal discharge. She had undergone a diverting end-ileostomy for ulcerative colitis 20 years previously. It is not clear why a colectomy was not done; possibly she had been too ill for extensive surgery, and thereafter was content with the outcome. She also had progressive ...