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Ischemic
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This is a
photograph taken in the colon of an area of ischemic colitis. This
condition occurs when there is a lack of blood flow to the superficial
cells of the colon and thus many of them die. There is often bleeding,
generally there is no pain, and what we see here is an ulcer which is
healing. This condition tends to get better on its own, and in this
patient, there clearly is healing.
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Ischemic
colitis-severe |
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This is a
photograph of another patient with ischemic colitis but as compared to
the other photo, we can see severe redness, swelling, and almost a
bluish appearance to the wall of the bowel and as opposed to being along
only one wall, this is almost the entire bowel. This is a very severe
case of ischemic colitis. It may and may not heal and often when it does
heal, it heals with scarring. This is obviously a serious condition.
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