Faecal stasis in proctocolitis

Faecal stasis in proctocolitis.

Six cases of faecal stasis in active proctocolitis are reported. In each case the left colon was severely diseased but the right colon was unaffected. X-ray studies showed retention of barium in the right colon for as long as five weeks. In two patients subacute intestinal obstruction developed and in three patients constipation was a major symptom during the active phase of colitis.

Faecal stasis and diverticular disease in ulcerative colitis.

The incidence of faecal stasis and of diverticular disease has been studied in a group of 399 patients with ulcerative colitis. Sixty-one patients had faecal stasis and 23 patients had diverticular disease. Pathological studies demonstrated an increase in the thickness of the inner spiral muscle in colitis patients with faecal stasis. The thickening was not as great as that seen in diverticular...

Prevalence of proximal faecal stasis in active ulcerative colitis.

Proximal faecal stasis may occur when faecal matter accumulates in the uninflamed colon above an area of active ulcerative colitis. This phenomenon is thought to be the cause of symptoms in some patients with distal disease. It is not known, however, how often patients with active distal colitis exhibit slow colonic transit. Fifty two consecutive patients with active ulcerative colitis each ing...

Proctocolitis and Crohn's disease of the colon:

Proctocolitis and Crohn's disease of the colon were originally distinguished from one another by examination of colectomy specimens (Wells, 1952; Brooke, 1959; Lockhart-Mummery and Morson, 1960, 1964; Cornes and Stecher, 1961). Once the diagnosis had been established in this way, retrospective analysis of the case records enabled the clinical features of the two disorders to be recognised. In t...

Repetition & Stasis