A Case of Oral-contraceptive Related Ischemic Colitis in Young Woman

Ischemic colitis is generally considered a disease of the elderly. The causes of ischemic colitis include low-flow states due to cardiac dysfunction or hypovolemia and certain medications including estrogen. Here we report a case of ischemic colitis in a 26-year-old woman. She had no specific medica...

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Autores principales: Seon, Choon Sik, Park, Young Sook, Park, Se Hwan, Ryu, Sang Ryol, Jo, Yun Ju, Kim, Seong Hwan, Son, Byoung Kwan, Ahn, Sang Bong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3363065/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22741124
http://dx.doi.org/10.5946/ce.2011.44.2.129
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Sumario:Ischemic colitis is generally considered a disease of the elderly. The causes of ischemic colitis include low-flow states due to cardiac dysfunction or hypovolemia and certain medications including estrogen. Here we report a case of ischemic colitis in a 26-year-old woman. She had no specific medical history except taking oral-contraceptives for a long time. The mechanism of estrogen-induced ischemic colitis is not clearly understood. But we recommend that oral-contraceptives should be considered as a cause of ischemic colitis in young women.

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