Salmonella colitis presenting as a segmental colitis resembling Crohn's disease.
Salmonella species have recently been shown to involve the colon in a diffuse fashion resembling ulcerative colitis by radiographic and endoscopic appearance. We describe a case of Salmonella colitis in which the radiographic and colonoscopic features were focal ulcerations, mucosal edema, friability, and a loss of normal vascularity, an appearance resembling Crohn's disease. This is the first well-documented example of this clinical presentation.
D003092:Colitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*