Clinical Gastroenterology Vol.17 No.12(6)

Theme Ischemic Colitis -- Current Topics
Title Differetial Diagnosis of Ischemic Enterocolitis
Publish Date 2002/11
Author Shigekazu Hayashi Department of Gastroenterology, Nagoya Ekisaikai Hospital
[ Summary ] Examination of patient histories, clinical symptoms, bacteriological examinations and early colonoscopies are all necessary to obtain differetial diagnosis of ischemic enterocolitis. Diseases which are known to be linked to the etiology of ischemia and various diseases due to ischemic involvement are considered to be differetial diseases. In this paper, an outline of differetial diagnosis was made, concerning antibiotic induced enterocolitis, infectious enterocolitis, obstructive enterocolitis, radiation induced enterocolitis, amyloidosis, Schonlein-Henoch's purpura, ischemic lesion due to phlebosclerosis and collagen disease, intestinal Behcet's disease, Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
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