Phlebosclerotic colitis in a cirrhotic patient with portal hypertension: the first case in Korea.
Phlebosclerotic colitis is a rare form of ischemic colitis characterized by the thickening of the wall of the affected colon due to fibrous degeneration of submucosal layer of colon and fibrotic obstruction of the colono-mesenteric vein, resulting in the disturbance of venous return from the colon. The pathogenic mechanism of this entity remains unknown but chronic liver disease with portal hypertension is maybe thought to be one of the speculated mechanisms. Here we first report the case of surgically confirmed phlebosclerotic colitis, that was in the early stage but showed the aggressive nature, in a 61-yr-old cirrhotic patients with portal hypertension in Korea.
Kang
Ha Yan
HY
Division of Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea.
Noh
Ran
R
Kim
So Mi
SM
Shin
Hyun Deok
HD
Yun
Se Young
SY
Song
Il Han
IH
D003092:Colitis / Q000473:pathology; D003106:Colon / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*; D003113:Colonoscopy; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000473:pathology*; D007723:Korea; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed