Although CRC, complicating ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, accounts for only 1 2% of all cases of CRC in the general population, it is considered a serious complication of the disease accounting for 1 in 6 of all deaths in IBD patients [ 8, 9].
Colonic carcinoma may be complicated by ischemic colitis in 1 7% of cases.
STEC infections in humans often cause a self-limited diarrheal illness but can be complicated by hemorrhagic colitis or hemolytic uremic syndrome (1 ).
Although there have been an increasing number of case reports on ulcerative colitis complicated by cytomegalovirus infection [ 7- 9], there are few with conclusive evidence of infection with Clostridium difficile.
The early post-operative course was complicated by Campylobacter jejuni colitis and ureteric-stent-associated coagulase-negative Staphylococcus sepsis, the latter requiring a prolonged course of antibiotics.
A two- or three-step procedure is mandatory for restorative proctocolectomy in patients presenting with severe or acute colitis complicating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
The patient's condition was complicated by Clostridium difficile-associated colitis on hospital day 28.
Paynter (foaled March 4, 2009) is an American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse notable for a promising three-year-old racing season that included a second-place finish in the Belmont Stakes and a victory in the Haskell Invitational, cut short by a near-fatal case of colitis requiring abdominal surgery, complicated by laminitis.
In two patients, lymphoma was complicated by cardiovascular disease and chronic pseudomembranous colitis following CHOEP chemotherapy requiring surgical intervention.
Shortly thereafter, an intracranial bleeding under anticoagulation with epileptic convulsion, a biopsy-proven cytomegalovirus colitis and viral pneumonitis (H1N1 influenza) complicated the course of disease.
We report a case of mesocolic panniculitis complicated by development of an inflammatory mass associated with ischemic colitis.
