Open Access : A Case of Oral-contraceptive Related Ischemic Colitis in Young Woman

Open Access : A Case of Oral-contraceptive Related Ischemic Colitis in Young Woman

Ischemic colitis is generally considered a disease of the elderly. The causes of ischemic colitis include low-flow states due to cardiac dysfunction or hypovolemia and certain medications including estrogen. Here we report a case of ischemic colitis in a 26-year-old woman. She had no specific medica...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical endoscopy 2011-12, Vol.44 (2), p.129
Hauptverfasser: Choon Sik Seon, Young Sook Park, Se Hwan Park, Sang Ryol Ryu, Yun Ju Jo, Seong Hwan Kim, Byoung Kwan Son, Sang Bong Ahn
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Ischemic colitis
Oral contraceptives
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Zusammenfassung:Ischemic colitis is generally considered a disease of the elderly. The causes of ischemic colitis include low-flow states due to cardiac dysfunction or hypovolemia and certain medications including estrogen. Here we report a case of ischemic colitis in a 26-year-old woman. She had no specific medical history except taking oral-contraceptives for a long time. The mechanism of estrogen-induced ischemic colitis is not clearly understood. But we recommend that oral-contraceptives should be considered as a cause of ischemic colitis in young women.
ISSN:2234-2400