Open AccessStrictures, diaphragms, erosions or ulcerations of ischemic type in the colon should always prompt consideration of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug-induced lesions
Author(s) -
Manfred Stolte,
Diana Karimi,
Michael Vieth,
H. Volkholz,
K Dirschmid,
S. Rappel,
Birgit Bethke
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v11.i37.5828
Subject(s) - medicine , colonoscopy , biopsy , nonsteroidal , gastroenterology , transverse colon , endoscopy , ischemic colitis , drug , surgery , colitis , colorectal cancer , cancer , psychiatry
To investigate whether NSAIDs/ASA lesions in the colon can histologically be diagnosed on the basis of ischemic necrosis similar to biopsy-based diagnosis of NSAIDs/ASA-induced erosions and ulcers of the stomach.