title: [Diarrhea].
abstract: A 54-year-old man had recurrent watery diarrhea with up to 10 stools per day for 4 years. The initial evaluation including coloscopy did not disclose a pathologic finding. The symptoms subsided initially after four weeks. Three years later massive watery diarrhea recurred with up to fifteen daily stools. A reevaluation of the patient disclosed the diagnosis of collagen colitis in the colonic biopsy.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Poliklinik, Universtität Bonn.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Seewald
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Klassen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vogel
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vetter
mesh_terms: D003092:Colitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D003094:Collagen; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012460:Sulfasalazine / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D012460:Sulfasalazine; D003094:Collagen
vernacular_title: Diarrhöe.