Card 2 / 30: A 21 year old man has weight loss and episodic bloody diarrhea. The bloody diarrhea has become more frequent recently. A colonoscopy shows erythema and diffuse small ulcers from the rectum to the mid-transverse colon. Biopsies show architectural distortion and cryptitis. The most likely diagnosis is which of the following?
A)
Ischemic colitis
B)
AIDS-associated gastroenteritis
C)
Clostridium difficile colitis
D)
Crohn’s disease
E)
Collagenous colitis (lymphocytic colitis)
F)
Amebiasis
G.)
Ulcerative colitis
H.)
Cytomegalovirus colitis
I.)
Ulcerative jejunoileitis
Answer:
G.) Ulcerative colitis
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Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology Exam 2005
Author:
Dr.Laurence BailenProfessor
Tufts University School of Medicine
USA
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