Open AccessPhlebosclerotic Colitis in a Cirrhotic Patient with Portal Hypertension: The First Case in Korea
Author(s) -
Ha Yan Kang,
Ran Noh,
So Mi Kim,
Hyun Deok Shin,
Se Young Yun,
Il Han Song
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of korean medical science/journal of korean medical science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1598-6357
pISSN - 1011-8934
DOI - 10.3346/jkms.2009.24.6.1195
Subject(s) - medicine , portal hypertension , ischemic colitis , gastroenterology , colitis , thickening , cirrhosis , chemistry , polymer science
Phlebosclerotic colitis is a rare form of ischemic colitis characterized by the thickening of the wall of the affected colon due to fibrous degeneration of submucosal layer of colon and fibrotic obstruction of the colono-mesenteric vein, resulting in the disturbance of venous return from the colon. The pathogenic mechanism of this entity remains unknown but chronic liver disease with portal hypertension is maybe thought to be one of the speculated mechanisms. Here we first report the case of surgically confirmed phlebosclerotic colitis, that was in the early stage but showed the aggressive nature, in a 61-yr-old cirrhotic patients with portal hypertension in Korea.