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Causes of Small Bowel Ulceration
The diagnosis of IBD can’t be made or excluded by biopsies alone
Bowel Ulceration ... this requires clinical ... and endoscopic ... Causes of ulceration ... ) • Vascular: Ischaemia
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Family history of IBD ... Diverticulitis • IBD ... • GI malignancy ... • Mesenteric ischemia ... Differential #Diagnosis #gastroenterology
Occult and Lower Gastronintestinal Bleed - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Occult (Stool + Occult blood and/or iron deficiency
, asymptomatic IBD ... Overt Bleeding ... OUT BRISK Upper GI ... Acute colitis (ischemia ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Clinical manifestations of anaphylaxis. 
Neurological (<15%): Dizziness, syncope, seizures, Confusion, impending doom. headache
Angioedema: Lips, tongue, orbit,
Clinical manifestations ... 50%): Myocardial ischemia ... respiratory arrest GI ... intestinal edema, abdominal ... cramps, vaginal bleeding
Ischemic Colitis on Colonoscopy
35yo male, PR bleeding, mucoid stool, tennesmus, abdominal cramping pain, low grade fever,
35yo male, PR bleeding ... stool, tennesmus, abdominal ... #Colonoscopy #endoscopy ... #gastroenterology ... #clinical