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Colitis evolving into ulcerative colitis
  1. C Calabrese1,
  2. A Fabbri1,
  3. G di Febo2
  1. 1Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, University of Bologna, Italy
  2. 2Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, Policlinico S Orsola, Bologna, Italy
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr C Calabrese
    Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, University of Bologna, Via Massarenti 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy; calabrese.cmed.unibo.it

https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.2005.065763

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    We observed the development of ulcerative colitis (UC) in a 37 year old young woman with clinical and histological features of lymphocytic colitis (LC) after a period of six years. Seven years ago, the patient was admitted to our gastroenterology unit complaining of watery diarrhoea (⩾6 stools/day). She had never smoked and she was not taking any drugs affecting gastrointestinal secretion or motility. Laboratory tests, including autoimmune antibody and upper endoscopy, were normal. Parasitological and bacteriological faecal stools were negative. Biopsies of the jejunum did not show a pattern of coeliac disease. Colonoscopy with terminal …

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    • Conflict of interest: None declared.