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Colonoscopy showed diffuse mucosal edema, ulcer formation and bleeding from the sigmoid colon (a) to the ascending colon (b). Abdominal computed tomography showed that the whole colon wall was markedly thickened, with huge ascites (c).
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CO2 level due to tachypnea. Colonoscopy revealed diffuse mucosal edema, ulcer formation and bleeding from the rectum to the ascending colon (fig. 1a, b). There was no evidence of free air, but the whole colon wall was markedly thickened, with huge ascites on abdominal computed tomography (fig. 1c).
The resected specimen showed hemorrhagic necrosis of the transverse colon.
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The resected specimen showed hemorrhagic necrosis of the transverse colon (fig. 2).
Postoperative clinical course.
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HUS and encephalopathy improved gradually without dialysis. He was finally discharged on the 33rd postoperative day (fig. 3).