Ulcerative colitis in sickle cell disease.
Four patients with homozygous sickle cell disease and severe proctocolitis are described. The current prevalence is three patients per 1,000 attending a sickle cell clinic. The reasons for the apparent predisposition of sickle cell disease to proctocolitis could not be determined but was revealed by the large follow-up clinic.
D000328:Adult; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007563:Jamaica; D008297:Male; D012805:Sickle Cell Trait / Q000150:complications*