{"title":"Indigo naturalis-induced colitis","authors":"Shunichi Yanai, Shotaro Nakamura, Takayuki Matsumoto","doi":"10.1111/den.13226","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A 68-year-old female patient with 21-year history of entire ulcerative colitis was admitted for abdominal pain and hematochezia. The patient was successfully treated with azathiopurine and infliximab five years previously. However, this combination therapy was discontinued due to cryptococcus meningitis. Since then, she had been under monotherapy of oral mesalazine (4,000 mg/day). Colonoscopy on admission revealed active inflammation in the rectum and sigmoid colon. She dislike 5-ASA enema. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.","PeriodicalId":159,"journal":{"name":"Digestive Endoscopy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/den.13226","citationCount":"9","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Digestive Endoscopy","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/den.13226","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A 68-year-old female patient with 21-year history of entire ulcerative colitis was admitted for abdominal pain and hematochezia. The patient was successfully treated with azathiopurine and infliximab five years previously. However, this combination therapy was discontinued due to cryptococcus meningitis. Since then, she had been under monotherapy of oral mesalazine (4,000 mg/day). Colonoscopy on admission revealed active inflammation in the rectum and sigmoid colon. She dislike 5-ASA enema. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
期刊介绍:
Digestive Endoscopy (DEN) is the official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society, the Asian Pacific Society for Digestive Endoscopy and the World Endoscopy Organization. Digestive Endoscopy serves as a medium for presenting original articles that offer significant contributions to knowledge in the broad field of endoscopy. The Journal also includes Reviews, Original Articles, How I Do It, Case Reports (only of exceptional interest and novelty are accepted), Letters, Techniques and Images, abstracts and news items that may be of interest to endoscopists.