Colitis: Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes for Colitis

Irritable Bowel Syndrome

However, the differences in extracellular matrix remodelling (ECM) in Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are not well described. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Similarities between IBS and lymphocytic colitis are more striking and less readily dismissed; as for IBS, well documented instances of progression of lymphocytic colitis [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Bowel, Irritable Colon, Mucous Colitis, Mucous colitis, Irritable colon syndrome, Spastic colon, Adaptive colitis, Membranous colitis, Colon spasm, Functional bowel disease [fpnotebook.com]

Colitis Cystica Profunda

Informationcolitis cystica entire colitis cystica profunda profunda Colitis cystica Colitis Cystica Profunda Colitis suggest the second leading cause of ulcerative colitis [jolieblogz.blogspot.com]

Cystica Profunda Colitis cystica profunda: colitis cystica Cystica Profunda. [jolieblogz.blogspot.com]

Colitis Cystica Profunda Micro images: area adjacent to Colitis cystica profunda: Can be found among published Home gt colitis cystica navigation links home Presented, two [jolieblogz.blogspot.com]

Acute Gastroenteritis

Other microscopic colitis K52.89 Other specified noninfective gastroenteritis and colitis K52.9 Noninfective gastroenteritis and colitis, unspecified K55 Vascular disorders [icd10data.com]

Local rectal application of tacrolimus in distal colitis, pouchitis and perianal Crohn's disease has previously been reported to be both effective and safe. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Amebiasis, other invasive parasites Ischemic colitis Radiation colitis Neoplasia : Colon cancer, Lymphoma Addison's disease Bacterial toxins Disordered motility : Diabetic [kmle.co.kr]

Pseudomembranous Colitis

Ulcerative colitis is one of the most frequent causes of toxic colitis in the United States. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Clostridium difficile toxin (CD toxin) causes antibiotic-associated colitis, or pseudomembranous colitis (PMC). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Biopsies of the colon revealed findings of collagenous colitis involving the endoscopically normal right colon, and superimposed collagenous and pseudomembranous colitis involving [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Clostridium Difficile

A history of C difficile colitis in the recent past (recurrent C difficile ) colitis was protective. [dx.doi.org]

Antibiotic-associated colitis is a gastrointestinal complication of antibiotic use commonly seen in hospitalised patients, with Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) colitis [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Ipilimumab is associated with several immune-related adverse effects, of which diarrhoea and colitis are the most common. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Intestinal Infarction

» Your doctor may also recommend that you stop taking any medication that can cause ischemic colitis. [healthline.com]

Convert to ICD-10-CM : 557.9 converts approximately to: 2015/16 ICD-10-CM K55.9 Vascular disorder of intestine, unspecified Approximate Synonyms Ischemic colitis Vascular [icd9data.com]

Parotis pleomorph adenoma Celiac disease Colitis ulcerosa biopszia Colitis ulcerosa resecatum Crohn colitis Colitis ulcerosa Diverticulosis et polyposis sigmatis Diverticulum [semmelweis.hu]

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Type 1

[…] with ulcerative colitis than in other people. [emedicine.medscape.com]

colitis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Sometimes referred to simply as 'colitis', ulcerative colitis is an inflammatory bowel disease. [healthdirect.gov.au]

Ulcerative Colitis

About 20% of people with proctitis or left-sided colitis progressed to extensive colitis. [patient.info]

Infective colitis (chronic schistosomiasis, amoebiasis, tuberculosis ). Mild colitis may mimic irritable bowel syndrome. [patient.info]

colitis. [web.archive.org]

Ischemic Bowel Disease

Advertisement Colon nontumor Colitis (noninfectious) Ischemic colitis Topic Completed: 1 May 2013 Revised: 8 January 2019, last major update May 2013 Copyright: (c) 2003-2018 [pathologyoutlines.com]

What Is the Difference between Ischemic Colitis and Ulcerative Colitis? Ischemic colitis vs. ulcerative colitis. What is the difference? [doctorshealthpress.com]

Ischemic colitis treatment The severity of the ischemic colitis decides which treatment will used. [belmarrahealth.com]

Colonic Crohn Disease

colitis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Abstract The mesenteric lymph nodes in total colectomy specimens from patients with ulcerative colitis or Crohn's colitis were assessed for immunological reactivity. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Inflammation of the colon (large intestine) is called colitis. Germs can cause colitis. Poor blood supply can cause colitis. Some medications can cause colitis. [ddc.musc.edu]

Ulcerative Proctitis

[…] descending colon or splenic flexure (left-sided colitis). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Abstract Fifteen patients with ulcerative colitis and 11 patients with ulcerative proctitis have been observed and studied for periods ranging from one to 15 years. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Corticosteroid and 5-ASA enemas, which reach the splenic flexure of the colon, are recommended for patients with left-sided ulcerative colitis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Cytomegalovirus

Colon nontumor Infectious colitis (specific microorganisms) Cytomegalovirus (CMV) colitis Topic Completed: 1 November 2017 Revised: 9 January 2019, last major update November [pathologyoutlines.com]

colitis. [karger.com]

Palabras clave : Ulcerative colitis; Cytomegalovirus; inmunosuppresants; histological activity. [scielo.org.pe]

Cytomegalovirus Colitis

A computed tomography scan of the abdomen revealed pan-colitis. His age and abdominal pains suggested ischemic colitis as the cause of his bloody diarrhea. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

We report a rare case of cytomegalovirus (CMV) colitis followed by severe ischemic colitis in a non-immunocompromised patient. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Severe CMV colitis may lead a colectomy. Crohn's disease [en.wikipedia.org]

Radiation Proctitis

Convert to ICD-10-CM : 558.1 converts directly to: 2015/16 ICD-10-CM K52.0 Gastroenteritis and colitis due to radiation Approximate Synonyms Colitis due to radiation Enteritis [icd9data.com]

Radiation Colitis with active micro-hemorrhages It is recommended to analyze the video clip, because although we have had many cases of post radiation colitis. [gastrointestinalatlas.com]

Radiation colitis Diagnosis in short Radiation proctitis. H&E stain. [librepathology.org]

Campylobacter Enteritis

colitis NOS Infectious enteritis NOS Infectious gastroenteritis NOS Type 1 Excludes colitis NOS ( K52.9 ) diarrhea NOS ( R19.7 ) enteritis NOS ( K52.9 ) gastroenteritis NOS [icd10data.com]

Campylobacter jejuni now is recognized as a common cause of diarrhea (8) and sometimes of colitis or ileitis resembling the chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (9, 10). [annals.org]

Campylobacter colitis. Brit. Med. J., 1: 857–859. PubMed CrossRef Google Scholar 21. Willoughby, C. P., J. Piris, and S. C. Truelove. 1979. Campylobacter colitis. J. [link.springer.com]

Drug-Induced Diarrhea

If they observe a specific type of inflammation called pseudomembranous colitis, Clostridium difficile –induced colitis is diagnosed. [msdmanuals.com]

Drug-induced lymphocytic colitis. Gut 1994; 35: 426–8 PubMed CrossRef Google Scholar 12. Duncan HD, Talbot IC, Silk DB. Collagenous colitis and cimetidine. [link.springer.com]

Clinical presentations • Mild diarrhoea to pseudomembranous colitis, characterized by a watery diarrhoea • Fever • Leucocytosis • presence of pseudomembranes on endoscopic [slideshare.net]

Amebiasis

Therefore, we often do not suspect such symptoms for colitis amebiasis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Fulminating colitis rarely develops as a complication of amebiasis; however, it is difficult to diagnose and treat, and associated with a very high mortality rate. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

PubMed Search: Amebic colitis [title] Advertisement Page views in 2018: 10,719 Page views in 2019 to date: 4,871 Cite this page: Weisenberg E Amebic colitis. [pathologyoutlines.com]

Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome

Colitis Colitis Colitis Pancreatic colitis × [jaoa.org]

The most common form of the syndrome (D+ HUS) occurs in healthy young children (>6 mo to <5 y of age) and is preceded by watery diarrhea that can evolve to hemorrhagic colitis [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 has become a global threat to public health, as a primary cause of a worldwide spread of hemorrhagic colitis [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Ileocecal Tuberculosis

colitis group”. [wjgnet.com]

Colonic Mycobacterium tuberculosis - tuberculous colitis. [medunigraz.at]

[…] and suspicious tuberculous colitis. [wjgnet.com]

Bacterial Dysentery

unspecified 2016 2017 2018 2019 Billable/Specific Code Applicable To Infectious colitis NOS Infectious enteritis NOS Infectious gastroenteritis NOS Type 1 Excludes colitis [icd10data.com]

Bacillary colitis. Acute or chronic dysentery. Diphtheritic dysentery. Bloody flux. Colitis necroticans, ulcerosa or hemorrhagica. Institutional dysentery. [isradiology.org]

Advertisement Colon non tumor Infectious colitis (specific microorganisms) Shigella of colon Topic Completed: 1 January 2016 Revised: 10 January 2017, last major update January [pathologyoutlines.com]

Shigella Enteritis

unspecified 2016 2017 2018 2019 Billable/Specific Code Applicable To Infectious colitis NOS Infectious enteritis NOS Infectious gastroenteritis NOS Type 1 Excludes colitis [icd10data.com]

Seite 122 - ML (1983) Hemorrhagic colitis associated with a rare Escherichia coli serotype. ‎ [books.google.de]

[…] protozoal intestinal diseases Intestinal trichomoniasis Sarcocystosis Sarcosporidiosis A07.9 Protozoal intestinal disease, unspecified Flagellate diarrhoea Protozoal: · colitis [apps.who.int]

Gastroenteritis due to Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7

A severe outbreak of Escherichia coli 0157:H7-associated hemorrhagic colitis in a nursing home. N. Engl. J. Med. 317 : 1496 – 1500. 13.. [asmscience.org]

Some patients report diarrhea as being “all blood and no stool,” which has given rise to the term hemorrhagic colitis. [merckmanuals.com]

[…] shiga like exotoxin causes hemorrhagic colitis (inflammation of the colon with bleeding) inflammation of the colon with bleeding where was the Shiga toxin acquired from Shigella [quizlet.com]

Infection by Dientamoeba Fragilis

unspecified 2016 2017 2018 2019 Billable/Specific Code Applicable To Infectious colitis NOS Infectious enteritis NOS Infectious gastroenteritis NOS Type 1 Excludes colitis [icd10data.com]

DF has also been implicated as a cause of colitis in adults. Allergic colitis with peripheral eosinophilia secondary to DF infection has also been described. [digitalnaturopath.com]

DF has also been implicated as a cause of colitis in adults. < DOWNLOAD FULL ARTICLE > [sydneycompounding.com]

Campylobacter Jejuni Infection

Ten patients had abnormal colonoscopic findings, including erythema (4), ulcers (4), colitis (1), and hemorrhage (1). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

colitis NOS Infectious enteritis NOS Infectious gastroenteritis NOS Type 1 Excludes colitis NOS ( K52.9 ) diarrhea NOS ( R19.7 ) enteritis NOS ( K52.9 ) gastroenteritis NOS [icd10data.com]

感染症階層分類感染症疾患 [BR: jp08401 ] 細菌感染症イプシロンプロテオバクテリアによる感染症 H00321 カンピロバクター感染症 ICD-11 による疾患分類 [BR: jp08403 ] 01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases Gastroenteritis or colitis [genome.jp]

Yersinia Enterocolitica Infection

Duodenal villous atrophy not responding to gluten withdrawal is common in association with collagenous colitis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Ulcerative colitis was diagnosed in 7 patients, Crohn's disease in 2, and unspecific colitis in 11. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The patients were followed for 4-14 years (1987). 36/160 readmitted patients had abdominal pain and 26 had diarrhea; chronic colitis was demonstrated in 4. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Shigella Boydii

unspecified 2016 2017 2018 2019 Billable/Specific Code Applicable To Infectious colitis NOS Infectious enteritis NOS Infectious gastroenteritis NOS Type 1 Excludes colitis [icd10data.com]

Abstract Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) is a foodborne pathogen that causes watery diarrhea and hemorrhagic colitis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The novel STEC O serogroup may be widespread in Japan and associated with diarrhea and hemorrhagic colitis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Neonatal Necrotizing Enterocolitis

[…] toxins in the pathogenesis of NEC is unknown, clostridial toxins are well established as the causes of two other intestinal diseases (antibiotic-associated pseudomembranous colitis [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] diarrhea NOS ( R19.7 ) functional diarrhea ( K59.1 ) infectious gastroenteritis and colitis NOS ( A09 ) neonatal diarrhea (noninfective) ( P78.3 ) psychogenic diarrhea [icd10data.com]

[…] abdominal CT and blood and stool cultures and toxin tests Neutropenic enterocolitis must be distinguished from C. difficile –induced diarrhea, graft-vs-host disease, and colitis [merckmanuals.com]

Shigella Dysenteriae

unspecified 2016 2017 2018 2019 Billable/Specific Code Applicable To Infectious colitis NOS Infectious enteritis NOS Infectious gastroenteritis NOS Type 1 Excludes colitis [icd10data.com]

The illness resembled fulminant ulcerative colitis and its infectious nature was difficult to establish because several fecal cultures failed to grow the pathogen. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

NOS ( K52.9 ) diarrhea NOS ( R19.7 ) enteritis NOS ( K52.9 ) gastroenteritis NOS ( K52.9 ) noninfective gastroenteritis and colitis, unspecified ( K52.9 ) bacillary A03.9 [icd10data.com]

Isosporiasis

unspecified 2016 2017 2018 2019 Billable/Specific Code Applicable To Infectious colitis NOS Infectious enteritis NOS Infectious gastroenteritis NOS Type 1 Excludes colitis [icd10data.com]

Blastocystis Isosporiasis Isosporiasis Isosporiasis associated with AIDS Isosporiasis co-occurrent with human immunodeficiency virus infection Parasitic infection causing colitis [healthprovidersdata.com]

(acute) (catarrhal) (chronic) (noninfective) (hemorrhagic) K52.9 - see also Enteritis ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K52.9 Noninfective gastroenteritis and colitis, unspecified [icd10data.com]

Viral Gastroenteritis

K52.81 Eosinophilic gastritis or gastroenteritis K52.82 Eosinophilic colitis K52.83 Microscopic colitis K52.831 Collagenous colitis K52.832 Lymphocytic colitis K52.838 Other [icd10data.com]

The most notorious STEC serotype is O157:H7, which is associated with hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Rotavirus (dsRNA) Adenovirus (dsDNA) Norovirus (ssRNA+) Astrovirus (ssRNA+) Which virus causes viral colitis? [quizlet.com]