Acute spontaneously recovering ulcerating colitis (ARUC). Report of 6 cases.
Six patients each with an extensive ulcerating colitis are reported. Common features were a febrile nonbloody diarrhea; radiological involvement of the whole colon with superficial ulcerations and preservation of haustra, and integrity of the terminal ileum and rectum; the absence of any specific pathological finding; and, most important, the spontaneous recovery of the lesions in the absence of any treatment except sympatomatic measures. The present follow up after recovery range from 18 months to 5 years. Four cases were young women taking oral contraceptives and two patients were older. These patients with colitis could represent a new entity or could be a particular form of Crohn's disease of the colon, with delayed diagnostic pathological features.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003106:Colon / Q000503:physiopathology; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous