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Kim T, Lee J, Na JE, Park YE, Park J, Kim TO. Phlebosclerotic Colitis in a Healthy Young Female with Long-term Herbal Medicine Use. THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY = TAEHAN SOHWAGI HAKHOE CHI 2023; 82:30-34. [PMID: 37489080 DOI: 10.4166/kjg.2023.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2023] [Revised: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/15/2023] [Indexed: 07/26/2023]
Abstract
Phlebosclerotic colitis is a rare form of intestinal ischemia. It is caused by calcified peripheral mesenteric veins and a thickened colonic wall. These characteristic findings can be identified on CT and colonoscopy. A 37-year-old female with a history of long-term herbal medicine use presented with acute lower abdominal pain and vomiting of sudden onset. Colonoscopic findings showed dark-blue discolored edematous mucosa and multiple ulcers from the ascending colon to the sigmoid colon. Abdominal CT findings showed diffuse thickening of the colonic wall and calcifications of the peripheral mesenteric veins from the ascending colon to the sigmoid colon. Based on these findings, the patient was diagnosed with phlebosclerotic colitis. We report this rare case of phlebosclerotic colitis in a healthy young female patient with a history of long-term herbal medicine use and include a review of the relevant literature.
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- Taehong Kim
- Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
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Wang J, Shao J, Lu H, Wang B, Chen J. Idiopathic mesenteric phlebosclerosis: one case report and systematic literature review of 240 cases. Am J Transl Res 2021; 13:13156-13166. [PMID: 34956536 PMCID: PMC8661183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2021] [Accepted: 08/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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AIM This research is both a case study and a systematic literature review. Our goal was to learn more about the pathophysiology, clinical features, and therapy options for idiopathic mesenteric phlebosclerosis (IMP). METHODS A case of IMP was treated by surgery in our department. Combined with the data of 240 cases of IMP retrieved from PubMed and Wanfang Data, we conducted a systematic review of this less well-known disease. RESULTS These 240 cases of IMP mainly occurred in East Asia. Among the patients, 78.7% of them had a history of herbal medicine consumption; 15.2% had no obvious symptoms and their diagnosis was confirmed through characteristic CT findings and colonoscopic manifestations; 58.4% were cured by conservative treatment; 41.6% had severe symptoms and underwent surgical treatment. Additionally, more patients treated with surgical treatment had lesions involving the cecum (59/82 vs. 53/115, P=0.0003) and sigmoid colon (20/82 vs. 10/115, P=0.0025) compared with those treated conservatively. CONCLUSION The occurrence of IMP is associated with the long-term consumption of herbal medicines. Early diagnosis of IMP could be determined by CT and colonoscopy and conservative or surgical treatment was chosen based on of the severity of the condition (e.g., the involved bowel segment).
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- Jialiang Wang
- Department of General Surgery, Tongren Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Shanghai 200336, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Tongren Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Shanghai 200336, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Tongren Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Shanghai 200336, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Tongren Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Shanghai 200336, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Tongren Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Shanghai 200336, China
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Kao C, Lin P, Chang L, Hsu W, Tu C, Chiu H, Chang C. A rare cause of ischemic colitis: A case series of idiopathic mesenteric phlebosclerotic colitis from two medical centers in Taiwan. ADVANCES IN DIGESTIVE MEDICINE 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/aid2.13162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Chien‐Neng Kao
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine National Taiwan University Hospital Taipei Taiwan
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine Taipei Medical University Taipei Taiwan
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine Taipei Medical University Hospital Taipei Taiwan
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine National Taiwan University Hospital Taipei Taiwan
- Health Management Center National Taiwan University Hospital Taipei Taiwan
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine National Taiwan University Hospital Taipei Taiwan
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine National Taiwan University Hospital Taipei Taiwan
- Health Management Center National Taiwan University Hospital Taipei Taiwan
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine National Taiwan University Hospital Taipei Taiwan
- Health Management Center National Taiwan University Hospital Taipei Taiwan
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine Taipei Medical University Taipei Taiwan
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine Taipei Medical University Hospital Taipei Taiwan
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Mathew RP, Girgis S, Wells M, Low G. Phlebosclerotic Colitis - An Enigma Among Ischemic Colitis. J Clin Imaging Sci 2019; 9:18. [PMID: 31448169 PMCID: PMC6702870 DOI: 10.25259/jcis-30-2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2019] [Accepted: 03/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Phlebosclerotic Colitis is a rare, potentially life-threatening condition of unclear etio-pathogenesis seen almost exclusively in Asians and people of Asian descent. The condition predominantly affects the right hemicolon and imaging plays a crucial role in its diagnosis. Here we report the only second documented case of phlebosclerotic colitis in North America in a 60-year-old Canadian resident of Vietnamese descent with a history of consuming herbal medication (sanshishi) in soup for 2-3 decades.
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- Rishi Philip Mathew
- Departments of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Alberta, 8440 112 St NW, Edmonton, Canada
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- Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Alberta, 8440 112 St NW, Edmonton, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Alberta, 8440 112 St NW, Edmonton, Canada
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- Departments of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Alberta, 8440 112 St NW, Edmonton, Canada
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Chen W, Zhu H, Chen H, Shan G, Xu G, Chen L, Dong F. Phlebosclerotic colitis: Our clinical experience of 25 patients in China. Medicine (Baltimore) 2018; 97:e12824. [PMID: 30412073 PMCID: PMC6221691 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000012824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The aim of the current study was to enhance the awareness of phlebosclerotic colitis (PC) through our clinical experience.A retrospective review of 25 patients who were diagnosed as PC in our 2 affiliated hospitals from January 2013 to October 2017 was conducted.The patients were found at a mean age of 63.5 years, range 47 to 87years. The majority of patients were male (23 cases). Only 4 patients (16%, 4/25) had the history about long-term use of Chinese herbs and medical liquor. The most common symptoms were abdominal pain (40%) and intestinal obstruction (16%), followed by diarrhea (12%), and gastrointestinal bleeding (12%), etc. Three cases (12%) had no symptoms. The varying degrees of calcifications along the colon and mesenteric venous were found in all of their computed tomography (CT) images. The lesions mainly located in transverse and ascending colon (60%, 15/25). The terminal ileum, the whole colon and rectum involvement were also been found. Fourteen patients had the examination of colonoscopy which all presented characteristic dark purple-colored endoscopic findings. Conservative treatment with close follow-up was preferred in our group. Three cases had the surgery of colectomy due to the repeatedly intestinal obstruction, perforation.The PC was a very rare but characteristic entity with unclear etiopathogenesis. Examination of abdomen CT and colonoscopy could help you to make clinical diagnosis.
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- Wenguo Chen
- Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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Sun CS, Chen JJ, Lee PL, Chen MJ, Win KT. Idiopathic mesenteric phlebosclerosis caused by traditional medicine in a married couple and review of literature. ADVANCES IN DIGESTIVE MEDICINE 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/aid2.13077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Chi-Su Sun
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine; Chi-Mei Medical Center; Tainan Taiwan
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine; Chi-Mei Medical Center; Tainan Taiwan
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine; Chi-Mei Medical Center; Tainan Taiwan
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- Department of General Surgery; Chi-Mei Medical Center; Tainan Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology; Chi-Mei Medical Center; Tainan Taiwan
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Klein S, Buchner D, Chang DH, Büttner R, Drebber U, Fries JWU. Exclusive Phlebosclerosis of Submucosal Veins Leading to Ischemic Necrosis and Perforation of the Large Bowel: First European Case. Case Rep Gastroenterol 2018; 12:137-142. [PMID: 29805356 PMCID: PMC5968294 DOI: 10.1159/000488195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2018] [Accepted: 03/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Phlebosclerotic colitis (PC) is a rare, potentially life-threatening disease of unclear pathogenesis almost exclusively reported in Asian patients of both genders. A fibrous degeneration of venous walls leads to threadlike calcifications along mesenteric vessels and colonic wall thickening, detectable by CT. This causes disturbed blood drainage and hemorrhagic infarction of the right-sided colonic wall. This is a report of PC in a Caucasian woman in Europe without Asian background and no history of herbal medications, a suspected cause in Asian patients. CT revealed no calcification of the mesenteric vein or its tributaries. Instead, submucosal veins of the left-sided colonic wall were calcified, leading to subsequent transmural necrosis. Clinically, the patient developed a paralytic ileus and sigmoidal perforation during a 2-week hospitalization due to a bleeding cerebral vascular aneurysm. This case of a European woman with PC is unique in its course as well as its radiologic, clinical, and pathologic presentation.
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- Sebastian Klein
- Institute for Pathology, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute for Pathology, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute for Pathology, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute for Pathology, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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