Ischemic Colitis of the Left Colon in a Diabetic Patient
Diabetes mellitus may affect the gastrointestinal tract possibly as a result of autonomic neuropathy. Here we present a 68-year-old male with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus who presented with prolonged watery diarrhea and in whom imaging studies demonstrated ischemic colitis of the left col...
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| author | Anastasios J. Karayiannakis Helen Bolanaki Georgios Kouklakis Konstantinos Dimakis Ilker Memet Constantinos Simopoulos |
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| description | Diabetes mellitus may affect the gastrointestinal tract possibly as a result of autonomic neuropathy. Here we present a 68-year-old male with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus who presented with prolonged watery diarrhea and in whom imaging studies demonstrated ischemic colitis of the left colon. Resection of the affected colon resulted in sustained disappearance of symptoms. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-04c53eebd3bf4889948fc0d09f9d29832022-12-21T17:56:53ZengKarger PublishersCase Reports in Gastroenterology1662-06312011-04-015123924510.1159/000327981327981Ischemic Colitis of the Left Colon in a Diabetic PatientAnastasios J. KarayiannakisHelen BolanakiGeorgios KouklakisKonstantinos DimakisIlker MemetConstantinos SimopoulosDiabetes mellitus may affect the gastrointestinal tract possibly as a result of autonomic neuropathy. Here we present a 68-year-old male with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus who presented with prolonged watery diarrhea and in whom imaging studies demonstrated ischemic colitis of the left colon. Resection of the affected colon resulted in sustained disappearance of symptoms.http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/327981Ischemic colitisDiabetes mellitusComplications |
| spellingShingle | Anastasios J. Karayiannakis Helen Bolanaki Georgios Kouklakis Konstantinos Dimakis Ilker Memet Constantinos Simopoulos Ischemic Colitis of the Left Colon in a Diabetic Patient Case Reports in Gastroenterology Ischemic colitis Diabetes mellitus Complications |
| title | Ischemic Colitis of the Left Colon in a Diabetic Patient |
| title_full | Ischemic Colitis of the Left Colon in a Diabetic Patient |
| title_fullStr | Ischemic Colitis of the Left Colon in a Diabetic Patient |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ischemic Colitis of the Left Colon in a Diabetic Patient |
| title_short | Ischemic Colitis of the Left Colon in a Diabetic Patient |
| title_sort | ischemic colitis of the left colon in a diabetic patient |
| topic | Ischemic colitis Diabetes mellitus Complications |
| url | http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/327981 |
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