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Persistent UC Symptoms Despite 5-ASA Therapies
 • Assess for Drug Adherence
 • Disease Activity Assessment (bloody
) • FCP, CRP, Colonoscopy ... Infection, Cdiff Mild Colitis ... CAMs (curcumin, probiotic ... Treatment Mod/Severe Colitis ... #Ulcerative #Colitis
Diarrhea Workup and Management Algorithm in Transplant Patients
First Tier Microbiologic-Testing:
1. C. difficile PCR (Stool)
2. CMV qPCR
Colonoscopy +/- ... Empiric therapy with probiotic ... Transplant #diagnosis #differential
Ischemic Colitis on Colonoscopy
35yo male, PR bleeding, mucoid stool, tennesmus, abdominal cramping pain, low grade fever,
Ischemic Colitis ... on Colonoscopy ... with Ischemic Colitis ... #Ischemic #Colitis ... gastroenterology #clinical
Colonic Pseudopolyps in ulcerative colitis seen during water immersion colonoscopy

Dr. Serhii Polishchuk via Dr. Keith Siau
in ulcerative colitis ... water immersion colonoscopy ... #Pseudopolyps #colonoscopy ... #clinical #gastroenterology
Ischemic Colitis on Colonoscopy
80 F with Afib with acute abdominal pain and syncope.
Ischemic colitis (full thickness)
Ischemic Colitis ... on Colonoscopy ... Ischemic colitis ... #Ischemic #Colitis ... #Colonoscopy #clinical
Causes of Toxic Megacolon - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Ulcerative colitis, Crohn's colitis
Toxic Megacolon - Differential ... Disease: Ulcerative colitis ... , Crohn's colitis ... Overdistension at colonoscopy ... Toxic #Megacolon #Differential
Endoscopic Findings in Active Ulcerative Colitis
 • Ulcer with spontaneous bleeding
 • Erythema
 • Mucosal scar
Active Ulcerative Colitis ... Active #Ulcerative #Colitis ... #UC #clinical # ... gastroenterology #colonoscopy
Causes of Erythema Nodosum
Common
 - Idiopathic (up to 55 percent)
 - Infections: streptococcal pharyngitis (28 to
enteritis, ulcerative colitis ... Nodosum #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Clinical
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... Behcet disease) Differential ... disease, ulcerative colitis
Diarrhea with Normal Colonoscopy
 • Colonic: Bile acid malabsorption, Microscopic colitis, Overflow diarrhoea, Missed pathology
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Diarrhea with Normal Colonoscopy ... malabsorption, Microscopic colitis ... drkeithsiau #Diarrhea #differential