Ischemic Proctitis Presenting as Rectal Pain and Bloody Diarrhea with No Apparent Cause

Acute ischemic proctitis is a rare condition usually resulting from severe vascular disease or an acute vascular occlusion. The diagnosis is made on endoscopy, and mortality rates approach 20–40%. Many patients will require a proctectomy as the definitive treatment, especially for gangrenous proctit...

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Published in:ACG Case Rep J
Main Authors: Fortinsky, Kyle J., Quereshy, Fayez, Serra, Stephano, Habal, Flavio
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American College of Gastroenterology 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5519404/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28761891
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2017.88
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