title: Subtotal colectomy in a patient with collagenous colitis associated with colonic carcinoma and systemic lupus erythematosus.
abstract: A case of colonic carcinoma is described in a 60-yr-old woman with the typical clinical and histopathologic features of collagenous colitis and systemic lupus erythematosus, who is doing well 24 months after undergoing a subtotal colectomy with Brooke ileostomy. Collagenous colitis has only rarely been previously reported in association with colonic carcinoma (n = 1 case) or systemic lupus erythematosus (n = 1 case). In addition, this case is the second report of symptomatic collagenous colitis refractory to medical therapy, treated successfully with surgery.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alikhan
authors.forename: O W
authors.initials: OW
authors.lastname: Cummings
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rex
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D003082:Colectomy / Q000379:methods; D003092:Colitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003094:Collagen; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D003094:Collagen