HEPATIC CIRRHOSIS AS A COMPLICATION OF CHRONIC ULCERATIVE COLITIS
Authors: H J TUMEN, J F MONAGHAN, E JOBB
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1947)

Article1 April 1947HEPATIC CIRRHOSIS AS A COMPLICATION OF CHRONIC ULCERATIVE COLITISHENRY J. TUMEN, A.B., M.D., F.A.C.P., J. FREDERICK MONAGHAN, A.B., M.D., EMIL JOBB, M.D.HENRY J. TUMEN, A.B., M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, J. FREDERICK MONAGHAN, A.B., M.D.Search for more papers by this author, EMIL JOBB, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-26-4-542 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThat form of colitis which is generally called "chronic ulcerative colitis" is one in which a great many complications arise. This is not surprising in view of its chronicity, the marked structural changes which develop in the colon, the opportunity these afford for the spread of infection through the bowel wall, and the nutritional deficiencies which are so common during the prolonged course of the disease.Most of the complications of chronic ulcerative colitis involve the colon itself, or the perirectal tissues, and include such well recognized conditions as polyposis, stricture of the colon, carcinoma of the colon, and perirectal...Bibliography BARGEN JA: The modern management of colitis, 1943, Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, Ill. Google Scholar BARGENJACKMANKERR JARJJG: Studies on the life histories of patients with chronic ulcerative colitis (thrombo-ulcerative colitis), with some suggestions for treatment, Ann. Int. Med., 1938, xii, 339. Google Scholar BENEDICT EB: Peritoneoscopy in liver disease, New England Jr. Med., 1944, ccxxx, 125. 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