title: Phlebosclerotic colitis that was difficult to distinguish from collagenous colitis.
abstract: Phlebosclerotic colitis is a rare and recently known disease entity and its etiology is still to be elucidated. Some phlebosclerotic colitis cases are difficult to distinguish from collagenous colitis because of the similarity of pathological findings. In all Japanese case reports of phlebosclerotic colitis in which an association with the use of Chinese herbal medicine is suspected, sansisi (gardenia fruit) was included, suggesting pathogenesis of this disease. We report a case of phlebosclerotic colitis that wasdifficult to be distinguished from collagenous colitis, and an association with the use of Chinese herbal medicine was suspected as the cause of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hozumi
authors.forename: Ryota
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hokari
authors.forename: Motonori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maruta
authors.forename: Kazuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Narimatsu
authors.forename: Hirokazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Shingo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Toshihide
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Higashiyama
authors.forename: Chikako
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Shunsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Komoto
authors.forename: Kengo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tomita
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kawaguchi
authors.forename: Shigeaki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nagao
authors.forename: Soichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miura
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D001706:Biopsy; D046729:Colitis, Collagenous / Q000175:diagnosis; D017091:Colitis, Ischemic / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003113:Colonoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D064747:Lansoprazole / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D064747:Lansoprazole
keywords: Chinese herbal medicine; collagenous colitis; gardenia fruit; idiopathic mesenteric phlebosclerosis; phlebosclerotic colitis