Approximately 15% of patients with ulcerative colitis develop an acute attack ... electrolyte imbalance and metabolic alkalosis are common findings. The diagnosis of toxic megacolon is classically ...

Microscopical findings. As was seen from a review ... of the factors that retard the healing process in the colon in chronic ulcerative colitis. Abridgment of a thesis submitted by Dr.

A new test developed in the UK can accurately predict whether high-risk patients will develop bowel cancer, also known as ...

Opens in a new tab or window Testing for somatic genomic copy number alterations (CNAs) in ulcerative colitis patients with ... to offer prophylactic colon resection, the authors said.

Ulcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the large intestine, also known as the colon. The large intestine acts as a five foot long conveyor belt that absorbs moisture to help ...

A NEW method for detecting bowel cancer is more than 90 per cent accurate at predicting which higher risk people will develop ...

Colonoscopy was performed in 2944 patients (95.0%). The main colonoscopic findings were diffuse distribution (92.4%), mucosal edema and erythema (89.8%) and erosion and ulcer (74.5%), but haustra ...

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that affects the large intestine, causing persistent inflammation in the colon and rectum. The condition typically begins in the ...

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that causes chronic inflammation in the inner lining of ...