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Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Multimedia

Author: Sarvotham Kini, MD, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
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Updated: Nov 20, 2009

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Inflammatory bowel disease. Distinguishing featur...Media file 1: Inflammatory bowel disease. Distinguishing features of Crohn disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC).
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Inflammatory bowel disease. Distinguishing features of Crohn disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC).

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Inflammatory bowel disease. Toxic megacolon. Courtesy of Dr Pauline Chu.

Inflammatory bowel disease. Episcleritis. Courtes...Media file 3: Inflammatory bowel disease. Episcleritis. Courtesy of Dr David Sevel.
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Inflammatory bowel disease. Episcleritis. Courtesy of Dr David Sevel.

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Inflammatory bowel disease. Pyoderma gangrenosum. Courtesy of Dr Gene Izuno.

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References

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Further Reading

Keywords

IBD, inflammatory bowel disease, IBD symptoms, IBD diagnosis, IBD treatment, ulcerative colitis, Crohns, Crohn disease, Crohn's disease, regional enteritis, terminal ileitis, granulomatous ileocolitis, inflammation of the colon, colitis, irritable bowel syndrome, mucous colitis, spastic colon

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Sarvotham Kini, MD, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
Sarvotham Kini, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Surgeons, and South Carolina Medical Association
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Medical Editor

William K Chiang, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, New York University School of Medicine; Chief of Service, Department of Emergency Medicine, Bellevue Hospital Center
William K Chiang, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Clinical Toxicology, American College of Medical Toxicology, and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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Eugene Hardin, MD, FAAEM, FACEP, Former Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science; Former Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Martin Luther King Jr/Drew Medical Center
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CME Editor

John D Halamka, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Chief Information Officer, CareGroup Healthcare System and Harvard Medical School; Attending Physician, Division of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
John D Halamka, MD, MS is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians, American Medical Informatics Association, Phi Beta Kappa, and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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Chief Editor

Steven C Dronen, MD, FAAEM, Director of Emergency Services, Director of Chest Pain Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Ft Sanders Sevier Medical Center
Steven C Dronen, MD, FAAEM is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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