A Clinical Review of 15 Patients with the Obstructive Colitis

During these 13 years, 15 patients with obstructing colorectal lesion were revealed to have obstructive colitis. All of them but two had obstructing lesions on left side colon, and 14 were due to colorectal cancers. Out of 15 patients, 4 developed perforation in the colitis lesion. In most specimens longitudinal ulcers were observed in the colitis lesion. Every speci-men also showed normal mucosal area between obstructing lesion and colitis lesion. Since obstructive colitis can develope perforation at a considerable rate, rapid surgical treatment should be considered to avoid such severe complication when a patient is revealed to have severe obstructing colorectal cancer.