Open AccessAN AUTOPSY CASE OF NON‐SPECIFIC ULCERATIVE COLITIS ASSOCIATED WITH SIMILAR LESION IN THE STOMACH
Author(s) -
Takamatsu Michio
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
acta patholigica japonica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
ISSN - 0001-6632
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1971.tb00114.x
Subject(s) - medicine , stomach , ulcerative colitis , hypoproteinemia , autopsy , transverse colon , cecum , curvatures of the stomach , gastroenterology , ascending colon , pathology , colitis , disease
An autopsy case of non‐specific ulcerative colitis and similar ulceration with so‐called polyps of stomach in a 36‐year‐old female is presented. Her clinical course started with sudden bloody and watery stool which was followed by anemia and hypoproteinemia with gangrenous pyoderma. The patient died 7 months after the onset of symptoms. Autopsy revealed diffuse ulceration with pseudopolyposis from the transverse colon to the rectal region and skip lesions in both the cecum and the ascending colon. Furthermore, a shallow ulcer and so‐called polyps with mucosal bridge were noted along the greater curvature of the stomach. Since histopathological findings and clinical history do not suggest that the ulcer formation of the stomach was caused by the effect of corticosteroid, a possible relationship between ulcerative colitis and gastric ulcer was suggested.