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Endoscopic view of the ascending colon demonstrating a diaphragm-like stricture with scarring and ulceration.
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Colonoscopy demonstrated four diaphragm-like strictures, with scarring and ulceration, interspaced between normal mucosa in the cecum and ascending colon (Figure 1).
Ascending mucosal biopsy demonstrating ulceration and active inflammation.
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Biopsies obtained from the cecal and ascending strictures revealed ulceration, acute inflammation, and reactive changes (Figure 2).
Endoscopic view of the ascending colon with resolution of diaphragm-like stricture, scarring, and ulceration.
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Subsequent colonoscopy revealed both endoscopic (Figure 3) and pathologic resolution (Figure 4) of the diaphragm-like proximal colonic strictures.
Ascending mucosal biopsy demonstrating resolution of ulceration and inflammation.
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Subsequent colonoscopy revealed both endoscopic (Figure 3) and pathologic resolution (Figure 4) of the diaphragm-like proximal colonic strictures.