title: [Severe ulcerated forms of acute colitis with unknown etiology. Recovery after total colectomy. Study of 2 cases (author's transl)].
abstract: The authors report on two cases of severe ulcerated forms of acute colitis, successfully treated by total colectomy. Laboratory and X-ray investigations, as well as pathological examination of the removed section did not provide a definite etiopathologic classification. They voice the hypothesis of an infectious involvement and discuss the diagnostic and therapeutic problems evoked by these ulcerated forms of acute colitis. These are distinct from Crohn's disease and from ulcerative colitis. Their etiology remains unknown.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D003082:Colectomy; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Colite aiguë grave à forme ulcérée, d'étiologie inconnue. Guérison après colectomie totale.