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Acute spontaneously recovering ulcerating colitis (ARUC)

Report of 6 cases

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Six patients each with an extensive ulcerating colitis are reported. Common features were a febrile nonbloody diarrhea; radiological involvement of the whole colon with superficial ulcerations and preservation of haustra, and integrity of the terminal ileum and rectum; the absence of any specific pathological finding; and, most important, the spontaneous recovery of the lesions in the absence of any treatment except symptomatic measures. The present follow up after recovery ranges from 18 months to 5 years. Four cases were young women taking oral contraceptives and two patients were older. These patients with colitis could represent a new entity or could be a particular form of Crohn's disease of the colon, with delayed diagnostic pathological features.

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  1. Y. Le Quintrec MD

    Present address: Hôpital A. Chennevier, Creteil

  2. J. P. Bader MD

    Present address: Hôpital H. Mondor, Creteil

  3. J. Gastard MD

    Present address: Hôpital Pontchaillou, Rennes

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  1. Service de Gastroenterologie B, Hôpital Bichat, 170 Boulevard Ney, 75877, Paris Cedex 18, France

    S. Bonfils MD, P. Hervoir MD, J. Girodet MD,  Y. Le Quintrec MD,  J. P. Bader MD &  J. Gastard MD

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Bonfils, S., Hervoir, P., Girodet, J. et al. Acute spontaneously recovering ulcerating colitis (ARUC). Digest Dis Sci 22, 429–436 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01071891

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