A Case of Segmental Colitis Associated with Diverticular Disease.
10.4166/kjg.2010.55.3.189
- Author:
Sang Bong AHN
1
;
Dong Soo HAN
;
Hye Sun PARK
;
Tae Yeob KIM
;
Chang Soo EUN
;
Yong Cheol JEON
;
Joo Hyun SOHN
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University Colleage of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. hands@hanyang.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report ; English Abstract
- Keywords:
Segmental colitis;
Diverticular disease;
SCAD
- MeSH:
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal/therapeutic use;
Colitis/complications/*diagnosis/drug therapy;
Colon, Sigmoid/pathology;
Colonoscopy;
Diverticulitis, Colonic/complications/*diagnosis/drug therapy;
Female;
Humans;
Mesalamine/therapeutic use;
Middle Aged
- From:The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
2010;55(3):189-193
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Segmental colitis associated with diverticular disease (SCAD) is a colonic inflammatory disorder with localized non-granulomatous inflammation at sigmoid colon, and associated with colonic diverticulosis. SCAD is an apparently uncommon disorder in Western. We experienced a rare case of SCAD in a 46-year-old woman who visited the hospital due to abdominal discomfort. Colonoscopic examination showed multiple sigmoid diverticula in association with a segment length colitis. Colonoscopic biopsies of the sigmoid colon demonstrated cryptitis and crypt abscess along with chronic inflammatory cells infiltration. The biopsies of the rectum was histologically normal. The patient was given the diagnosis of SCAD and treated with oral mesalamine. This is the first case of SCAD reported in Korea.
