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Persistent UC Symptoms Despite 5-ASA Therapies
 • Assess for Drug Adherence
 • Disease Activity Assessment (bloody
diarrhea correlates w active ... ) • FCP, CRP, Colonoscopy ... CAMs (curcumin, probiotic ... Waseem_AhmedMD #Ulcerative ... #5ASA #Refractory
Endoscopic Findings in Active Ulcerative Colitis
 • Ulcer with spontaneous bleeding
 • Erythema
 • Mucosal scar
Ulcerative Colitis ... with spontaneous bleeding ... #Ulcerative #Colitis ... #UC #clinical # ... gastroenterology #colonoscopy
Mayo UC Endoscopic Classification
 • Score = 0 (normal or inactive disease) - Normal vascular pattern
= 0 (normal or inactive ... - Spontaneous bleeding ... Classification #ulcerative ... #colitis #gastroenterology ... #colonoscopy
Elevated Amylase (Hyperamylasemia)- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pancreatic causes:
 - Pancreatic cancer
 - Complications pancreatitis: eg pseudocyst
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- Differential Diagnosis ... obstruction - Drugs: 5-ASA ... ranitidine, sulindac - Active ... celiac disease, ulcerative ... colitis, rheumatoid
Colonoscopy showing a protruding vessel with active bleeding and normal surrounding mucosa suggestive of Dieulafoy's lesion.

#clinical
Colonoscopy showing ... protruding vessel with active ... bleeding and normal ... #clinical #diagnosis
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... more): Genital ulceration ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... Crohn disease, ulcerative ... colitis, spondyloarthritis
The 6 C’s of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
PSC is a chronic, cholestatic, immune-mediated disease characterized by
ducts, commonly leading ... asymptomatic at diagnosis ... with persistently active ... • COLITIS - PSC-IBD ... remain subject to clinical
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... Virus - Genital ulceration ... : pneumonitis, colitis ... • Persistently active
Erythema Nodosum Overview

Definition: 
 • EN is an inflammatory condition characterized by tender, red nodules, typically
Crohn’s disease, ulcerative ... colitis) - ... 50% of cases) Clinical ... Diagnostic Approach ... : Clinical Evaluation