Idiopathic mesenteric phlebosclerosis: A rare cause of chronic diarrhea

Abstract We report a 45‐year‐old healthy Chinese woman who presented with chronic diarrhea and iron deficiency anemia, with colonoscopy showing multiple ulcers from cecum to sigmoid on a background of dark‐purple mucosa. She was initially suspected to be suffering from inflammatory bowel disease, bu...

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Main Authors: Shun Fung Sze, Polly Woon Yee Lam, Jodis Ting Wa Lam, Cliff Chi Chiu Chung, Yuk Tong Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-08-01
Series:JGH Open
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/jgh3.12335
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spelling doaj-dc456fba1d684628ad411269dcfe2ac02021-05-02T18:01:03ZengWileyJGH Open2397-90702020-08-014476977010.1002/jgh3.12335Idiopathic mesenteric phlebosclerosis: A rare cause of chronic diarrheaShun Fung Sze0Polly Woon Yee Lam1Jodis Ting Wa Lam2Cliff Chi Chiu Chung3Yuk Tong Lee4Department of Medicine Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kowloon Hong KongDepartment of Pathology Caritas Medical Centre Kowloon Hong KongDepartment of Medicine Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kowloon Hong KongDepartment of Surgery The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong KongDepartment of Medicine and Therapeutics The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong KongAbstract We report a 45‐year‐old healthy Chinese woman who presented with chronic diarrhea and iron deficiency anemia, with colonoscopy showing multiple ulcers from cecum to sigmoid on a background of dark‐purple mucosa. She was initially suspected to be suffering from inflammatory bowel disease, but the peculiar colonic biopsy findings and computed tomography (CT) imaging features, together with her habit of using Chinese herbal supplements, supported the rare diagnosis of idiopathic mesenteric phlebosclerosis.https://doi.org/10.1002/jgh3.12335Chinese herbal medicinechronic diarrheaidiopathic mesenteric phlebosclerosis
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author Shun Fung Sze
Polly Woon Yee Lam
Jodis Ting Wa Lam
Cliff Chi Chiu Chung
Yuk Tong Lee
spellingShingle Shun Fung Sze
Polly Woon Yee Lam
Jodis Ting Wa Lam
Cliff Chi Chiu Chung
Yuk Tong Lee
Idiopathic mesenteric phlebosclerosis: A rare cause of chronic diarrhea
JGH Open
Chinese herbal medicine
chronic diarrhea
idiopathic mesenteric phlebosclerosis
author_facet Shun Fung Sze
Polly Woon Yee Lam
Jodis Ting Wa Lam
Cliff Chi Chiu Chung
Yuk Tong Lee
author_sort Shun Fung Sze
title Idiopathic mesenteric phlebosclerosis: A rare cause of chronic diarrhea
title_short Idiopathic mesenteric phlebosclerosis: A rare cause of chronic diarrhea
title_full Idiopathic mesenteric phlebosclerosis: A rare cause of chronic diarrhea
title_fullStr Idiopathic mesenteric phlebosclerosis: A rare cause of chronic diarrhea
title_full_unstemmed Idiopathic mesenteric phlebosclerosis: A rare cause of chronic diarrhea
title_sort idiopathic mesenteric phlebosclerosis: a rare cause of chronic diarrhea
publisher Wiley
series JGH Open
issn 2397-9070
publishDate 2020-08-01
description Abstract We report a 45‐year‐old healthy Chinese woman who presented with chronic diarrhea and iron deficiency anemia, with colonoscopy showing multiple ulcers from cecum to sigmoid on a background of dark‐purple mucosa. She was initially suspected to be suffering from inflammatory bowel disease, but the peculiar colonic biopsy findings and computed tomography (CT) imaging features, together with her habit of using Chinese herbal supplements, supported the rare diagnosis of idiopathic mesenteric phlebosclerosis.
topic Chinese herbal medicine
chronic diarrhea
idiopathic mesenteric phlebosclerosis
url https://doi.org/10.1002/jgh3.12335
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