Transient ischemic colitis. Case report.
A 78-year-old man had profuse bloody diarrhea of sudden onset following a traffic accident associated with mild hypothermia. Rectoscopy performed one day later showed severe acute inflammatory changes, and biopsy revealed acute necrotizing colitis. Treatment was conservative. At control colonoscopy 3 weeks later the mucosa was mainly normal.
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000368:Aged; D003092:Colitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D003106:Colon / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D007511:Ischemia / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D013312:Stress, Physiological