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Clinical presentation
An 80-year-old man presented with a 3-month history of altered bowel habit, intermittent right iliac fossa abdominal discomfort and fluctuating perianal pain. He had a background of ischaemic heart disease and was taking atorvastatin, clopidogrel, bisoprolol, isosorbide mononitrate, fenofibrate, nicorandil and furosemide. Abdominal examination was unremarkable with rectal examination revealing a minor posterior fissure. He had a normochromic, normocytic anaemia of 108 g/L and a C-reactive protein of 5. Other bloods were normal.
A colonoscopy was arranged, which revealed a large area of deep ulceration in the ascending colon extending to the …
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Contributors BEW wrote the case report. AA-B advised on histology and provided histology pictures. JNG provided intellectual content and critically revised the manuscript.
Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests None declared.
Patient consent for publication Obtained.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.