Phlebosclerotic colitis

Phlebosclerotic colitis (PC) is a rare form of ischemic colitis that usually affects the right hemicolon. It is due to ischemia induced by phlebosclerosis in the branches of the superior mesenteric vein that disturb venous return from the colon. The clinical course is different from that of the more...

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Published in:Radiation medicine 2008-04, Vol.26 (3), p.164-167
Main Authors: Tamamoto, Fumihiko, Ishizaki, Hideyuki, Maehara, Tadayuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
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Biopsy
Calcinosis - diagnostic imaging
Case Report
Colitis - diagnostic imaging
Colitis - diet therapy
Colon - blood supply
Colon - diagnostic imaging
Colon - pathology
Colonoscopy
Contrast Media
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Imaging
Ischemia - diagnostic imaging
Ischemia - pathology
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Nuclear Medicine
Parenteral Nutrition
Radiology
Radiotherapy
Sclerosis - diagnostic imaging
Sclerosis - diet therapy
Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods
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Summary:Phlebosclerotic colitis (PC) is a rare form of ischemic colitis that usually affects the right hemicolon. It is due to ischemia induced by phlebosclerosis in the branches of the superior mesenteric vein that disturb venous return from the colon. The clinical course is different from that of the more common type of ischemic colitis caused by arterial disease. We encountered a 73-year-old woman with PC who had the characteristic computed tomographic finding of fine linear venous calcification that was mainly perpendicular to the long axis of the colon.
ISSN:0288-2043
1862-5274
DOI:10.1007/s11604-007-0203-x