Dec 11, 2009
Asymmetric endoscopic inflammation of the ileal pouch: A sign of ischemic pouchitis?
Inflamm Bowel Dis . 2009 Dec 8; Shen B, Plesec TP, Remer E, Kiran P, Remzi FH, Lopez R, Fazio VW, Goldblum JR BACKGROUND:: Pouchitis is associated with dysbiosis and dysregulated mucosal immunity, although secondary pouchitis with special etiologic factors, such as ischemia, can occur. The aim was to describe a disease phenotype of the ileal pouch with an endoscopic appearance suggestive of ischemia