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N Carr

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PubMed1982

Inflammatory bowel disease in the older patient.

This paper presents a review of 64 patients in whom the first symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease occurred after the age of 60 years. Inflammatory bowel disease in older patients affects the large bowel much more commonly than the small bowel. The commonest variant is disease localized in the rectum and distal colon, and many of these patients have Crohn's disease (14 out of 28 patients). In 19 patients with localized left-sided colitis it was difficult to distinguish ischaemic colitis, acute diverticulitis and Crohn's disease. Patients with left-sided colitis or total colitis (15 patients) had a high incidence of acute complications, particularly colonic perforation. There should be an awareness of the risks associated with all types of colitis in the older patient.

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PubMed1981

Superior mesenteric venous thrombosis.

Superior mesenteric venous occlusion may be difficult to recognize, but is important as it carries a better prognosis than superior mesenteric arterial occlusion, an may be amenable to surgical treatment. Three cases of primary superior mesenteric venous occlusion are described. The diagnosis was unsuspected until discovered at laparotomy. Non-viable bowel was present in all cases and in two cases thrombosed veins were apparent in the mesentery. The lesion was localized in distribution, and generous bowel resection with primary anastomosis was performed. Recovery was uncomplicated in all cases. When the thrombosis appears well localized, generous resection with primary anastomosis seems a suitable alternative to resection and exteriorization or conservative treatment with a second-look procedure.

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Healing Jesus.

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