Phlebosclerotic Colitis

Hosim Soh; Jaeyoung Chun

doi:10.4166/kjg.2019.73.2.114

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The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology 2019; 73(2): 114-117.

Published online: 26 February 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4166/kjg.2019.73.2.114

Phlebosclerotic Colitis

Hosim Soh, Jaeyoung Chun

Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Correspondence to: Jaeyoung Chun, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Korea. Tel: +82-2-740-8112, Fax: +82-2-743-6701, j40479@snu.ac.kr

Korean Society of Gastroenterology

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Fig. 1

Contrast-enhanced abdominal computed tomography (CT). (A, B) CT images showed bowel wall thickening with intramural calcification in the ascending and transverse colon with calcifications in the colic vein.

Fig. 2

Colonoscopic findings. (A–C) Loss of haustral marking and friable mucosa with multiple exudative ulcers from the ascending to proximal transverse colon and (D) dark colored mucosa with whitish scars in the mid-sigmoid colon was noted.

Fig. 3

Pathologic findings of biopsy specimen from the colonic mucosa showed mucosal sloughing and hyalinized lamina propria, consistent with ischemic colitis (H&E, ×50).

Fig. 4

Pathologic findings of surgical specimen. (A) Gross findings of the resected colon showed thickened colon wall with loss of haustra and several ulcers with exudates. (B, C) Microscopic findings of the colon revealed mucosal sloughing, hyalinized lamina propria and submucosal fibrosis with dystrophic calcification in blood vessels (H&E, ×100). (D) Microscopic findings of the omentum showed fibroadipose tissue with chronic inflammation and panniculitis in omental fat (H&E, ×100).

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