| Acute Colitis
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Etiology
•Acute colitis has a wide spectrum of causes. Among the more common are:
•Infection including viruses, bacteria, fungus and parasites
•Vascular, usually small vessel disease
•Idiopathic including first onset ulcerative colitis
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Pathogenesis
•See individual diseases,
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Epidemiology
•The major cause of acute colitis is infectious, with the incidence and organism varying widely on a geographic and socioeconomic basis
•Ischemic colitis is a disease of the elderly and more affluent populations with an atherosclerotic prone diet
•See individual disease for a more complete discussion
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General Gross Description
•See individual diseases
•Examples:
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General Microscopic Description
•See individual disease
•Examples:
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References
• Cotran RS, Kumar V, Robbins SL: Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease. 5th ed. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 1994, pp. 790-806
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| Acute Colitis
| | Synopsis by: Martin Nadel, M.D. (T67000M41000)[618]
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