Two cases of ulcerative culitis with skipped lesiun at the orifice of appendix

Kiyotaka Okawa, Naoko Hamasaki, Shinji Nishida, Hiroyasu Morikawa, Hiroko Ohba, Kenji Watanabe, Yasuko Moriyoshi, Kiyohide Kioka, Hiroko Nebiki, Kenji So, Hiroko Oka, Hideaki Yamada, Shigeyoshi Harihara, Koji Sano, Atsuo Kitano, Kenzo Kobayashi

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Abstract

In Case 1, a 27-year-old male, signs of ulcerative colitis were airserved by endoscopy from the rectum to the middle ascending calan. No abnormalities were Hated from theupper ascending colon to the cecum, but small ulcers and erosions were observed at the orifice of the appendix. In Case 2, a 57-year-old mLale, signs of ulcerative colitis were observed by endoscopy from the rectum to the sigmoid colon. No abnormalities were noted from the sigmaid colon to the cecum, but small ulcers and erosions were observed at theorifice of the appendix. Similar cases in Japan were reviewed, and the significance of appendiceal lesion in ulcerative colitis was evaluated.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2499-2505
Number of pages7
JournalGastroenterological Endoscopy
Volume37
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 1995

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
  • Gastroenterology

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