title: Evaluation of acute proctitis.
abstract: Acute proctitis is a nonspecific disease secondary to many specific causes. These include ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, enteric infections, venereal disease, antibiotics, ischemia, and radiation therapy. Clinicians should avoid making a diagnosis until appropriate tests such as sigmoidoscopy, rectal biopsy, and stool analysis have been done.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001706:Biopsy; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D011349:Proctitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D012007:Rectum / Q000473:pathology