Toxic Haemorrhagic Colitis: A Rare Presentation of Eosinophilic Colitis

Eosinophilic colitis is a rare condition that usually presents with non specific abdominal symptoms. Very uncommonly it presents with an acute surgical emergency such as peritonitis or haemorrhage. We present a rare presentation of eosinophilic colitis with toxic hemorrhagic colitis and ischaemic bo...

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Autores principales: Yeo, Shen-Ann Eugene, Lim, Yon Kuei, Lim, Kiat Hon Tony, Tang, Choong-Leong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3444833/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22997593
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/279813
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author Yeo, Shen-Ann Eugene
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description Eosinophilic colitis is a rare condition that usually presents with non specific abdominal symptoms. Very uncommonly it presents with an acute surgical emergency such as peritonitis or haemorrhage. We present a rare presentation of eosinophilic colitis with toxic hemorrhagic colitis and ischaemic bowel requiring laparotomy and bowel resection.
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spelling pubmed-34448332012-09-20 Toxic Haemorrhagic Colitis: A Rare Presentation of Eosinophilic Colitis Yeo, Shen-Ann Eugene Lim, Yon Kuei Lim, Kiat Hon Tony Tang, Choong-Leong Case Rep Gastrointest Med Case Report Eosinophilic colitis is a rare condition that usually presents with non specific abdominal symptoms. Very uncommonly it presents with an acute surgical emergency such as peritonitis or haemorrhage. We present a rare presentation of eosinophilic colitis with toxic hemorrhagic colitis and ischaemic bowel requiring laparotomy and bowel resection. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-09-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3444833/ /pubmed/22997593 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/279813 Text en Copyright © 2012 Shen-Ann Eugene Yeo et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Toxic Haemorrhagic Colitis: A Rare Presentation of Eosinophilic Colitis
title Toxic Haemorrhagic Colitis: A Rare Presentation of Eosinophilic Colitis
title_full Toxic Haemorrhagic Colitis: A Rare Presentation of Eosinophilic Colitis
title_fullStr Toxic Haemorrhagic Colitis: A Rare Presentation of Eosinophilic Colitis
title_full_unstemmed Toxic Haemorrhagic Colitis: A Rare Presentation of Eosinophilic Colitis
title_short Toxic Haemorrhagic Colitis: A Rare Presentation of Eosinophilic Colitis
title_sort toxic haemorrhagic colitis: a rare presentation of eosinophilic colitis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3444833/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22997593
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/279813
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