Journal of Medical Cases, ISSN 1923-4155 print, 1923-4163 online, Open Access
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Case Report

Volume 3, Number 6, December 2012, pages 379-382


Exercised-Induced Ischemic Colitis in a Recreational Athlete Previously Attributed to Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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Figure 1.
Figure 1. Colonic Ulcer. Image taken during colonoscopy showed a solitary, 20-millimeter ulcer located at the splenic flexure. The remainder of the colonic mucosa was normal to visual inspection. Pathology obtained following cold forceps biopsy at the ulcer bed was consistent with ischemic colonic mucosa. Additional random colonic biopsies were normal.