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SYSTEMIC MANIFESTATIONS OF CHRONIC ULCERATIVE COLITIS REFRACTORY TO COLECTOMY
Author(s) -
Cuthbertson A. M.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1980.tb04489.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ulcerative colitis , colectomy , refractory (planetary science) , intensive care medicine , gastroenterology , disease , physics , astrobiology
In this paper, two cases of chronic ulcerative colitis displaying systemic manifestations are discussed. Each case illustrates the refractoriness of the systemic manifestations to colec‐tomy and the total resolution of the manifestations by additional proctectomy. The impllcations of these clinical observations in relationship to the aetiology and therapy of ulcerative colitis are discussed.