A rare case of relapsed collagenous colitis after spontaneous remission

Pseudomembranous Collagenous Colitis: A Case of Not-so-Microscopic Colitis

We present a 72-year-old male who developed progressive, watery diarrhea despite anti-motility agents. On colonoscopy, the mucosa was inflamed and covered with an exudate. Stool studies for Clostridium difficile and Escherichia coli were negative. Biopsies revealed pseudomembranous collagenous colitis, a rare form of microscopic colitis. His symptoms improved dramatically with budesonide therapy.

[Remission of ulcerative colitis after appendectomy: a case report].

The inverse correlation of appendectomy and ulcerative colitis is well known, but the effect of appendectomy on the clinical course of ulcerative colitis remains unclear. Although the majority of opinions were negative for the therapeutic advantage of appendectomy in patients with ulcerative colitis, advocates for positive effect of appendectomy have been proposed in a few case reports and a pr...

Spontaneous colonic perforation in a patient with collagenous colitis.

An otherwise healthy woman, age 67 years, presented in 2009 with the complaint of loose, nonbloody stools of 2 months’ duration. The patient reported having up to 6 bowel movements daily that sometimes occurred at night and were accompanied by lower abdominal cramping and urgency. The symptoms were not associated with food intake. The patient took aspirin but no other nonsteroidal anti-inflamma...

Collagenous colitis presenting as spontaneous perforation in an 80 year old woman: Report of a Case

BACKGROUND Perforation of the colon occurring during or shortly following colonoscopy or barium enema is a rare complication of collagenous colitis (CC). "Spontaneous" perforation in CC, in which no instigating factor is identified, is even less common, with only five cases reported to date. We report herein an additional case of spontaneous perforation in previously undiagnosed CC and review t...

ulcerative colitis remission after renal transplantation: two case reports