Fulminant ulcerative colitis in a healthy pregnant woman

This case report concerns a 25-year-old patient with6-7 bloody stools/d, abdominal pain, tachycardia,and weight loss occurring during the third trimesterof pregnancy. Severe ulcerative colitis complicated bytoxic megacolon and gravidic sepsis was diagnosedby clinical evaluation, colonoscopy, and rec...

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Published in:	World journal of gastroenterology : WJG Vol. 21; no. 19; pp. 6060 - 6064
Main Authors:	Orabona, Rossana, Valcamonico, Adriana, Salemme, Marianna, Manenti, Stefania, Tiberio, Guido A M, Frusca, Tiziana
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 21-05-2015
Subjects:	Adult Biopsy Case Report Cesarean Section colitis Colitis, Ulcerative - complications Colitis, Ulcerative - diagnosis Colitis, Ulcerative - therapy Colonoscopy Decompression, Surgical - methods Female Gestational Age Humans Immunosuppressive Agents - therapeutic use megacolon Megacolon, Toxic - diagnosis Megacolon, Toxic - etiology Megacolon, Toxic - therapy Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - diagnosis Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - etiology Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - therapy Pregnancy Trimester, Third Pregnancy;Cesarean Premature Birth section Sepsis - diagnosis Sepsis - etiology Severity of Illness Index Tomography, X-Ray Computed Toxic Treatment Outcome Ulcerative Pregnancy Toxic megacolon Colonoscopy Cesarean section Ulcerative colitis
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