Dengue fever presenting with acute colitis.
Gastrointestinal manifestations of dengue fever are mainly in the form of bleeding or liver function abnormalities. Dengue fever presenting as acute colitis-like picture is not reported to date. We report a 50-year-old man with dengue fever presenting with lower gastrointestinal bleeding and colonoscopic features of acute inflammatory colitis.
Rama Krishna
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Department Of Gastroenterology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Panjagutta, Hyderabad, India. ramakappa69@yahoo.co.in
Patil
Shivanand
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Srinivas Rao
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Kumar
Ajit
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D000208:Acute Disease; D003092:Colitis / Q000209:etiology*; D003715:Dengue / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged