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Phlebosclerotic colitis that was difficult to distinguish from collagenous colitis
Author(s) -
Hozumi Hideaki,
Hokari Ryota,
Shimizu Motonori,
Maruta Koji,
Narimatsu Kazuyuki,
Sato Hirokazu,
Sato Shingo,
Ueda Toshihide,
Higashiyama Masaaki,
Watanabe Chikako,
Komoto Shunsuke,
Tomita Kengo,
Kawaguchi Atsushi,
Nagao Shigeaki,
Miura Soichiro
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
digestive endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.5
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1443-1661
pISSN - 0915-5635
DOI - 10.1111/den.12151
Subject(s) - medicine , collagenous colitis , colitis , microscopic colitis , gastroenterology , inflammatory bowel disease , disease
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 J apanese case reports of phlebosclerotic colitis in which an association with the use of C hinese 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 C hinese herbal medicine was suspected as the cause of the disease.