title: Collagenous colitis with protracted course and fatal evolution. Report of a case.
abstract: We report the case of a female patient who suffered from collagenous colitis for 13 years, the complications of which may have contributed to her death. The disease was associated with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis and Sjögren's syndrome. Cases of collagenous colitis with a course leading to death have not been reported in the literature, to the best of our knowledge.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Center Medical University, Switzerland.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Widgren
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: MacGee
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications; D001706:Biopsy; D003092:Colitis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D003094:Collagen / Q000032:analysis*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D003094:Collagen