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Ustekinumab
Publication Year: 2025 Source: StatPearls PMID: 34033407
Ustekinumab is a medication used to manage and treat a variety of inflammatory conditions, including psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, and inflammatory bowel disease. It is in the monoclonal antibody class of medications. This activity reviews the indications, action, and contraindications for ustekinumab as a valuable agent in treating inflammatory diseases. This …
Toxic Megacolon
Publication Year: 2025 Source: StatPearls PMID: 31613459
Toxic megacolon is a rare but potentially deadly complication of colonic inflammation. Its definition is a nonobstructive dilation of the colon, which can be total or segmental and is usually associated with systemic toxicity. It is most commonly associated with inflammatory bowel disease, especially ulcerative colitis, yet any condition that …
Pelvic Abscess
Publication Year: 2025 Source: StatPearls PMID: 31424876
A pelvic abscess is a life-threatening collection of infected fluid in the pouch of Douglas, fallopian tube, ovary, or parametric tissue. Usually, a pelvic abscess occurs as a complication after operative procedures. It starts as pelvic cellulitis or hematoma spreads to parametrial tissue. It can also present as a result …
Rectal Exam
Publication Year: 2025 Source: StatPearls PMID: 30726041
The rectal exam is an oft-overlooked part of the physical exam. For those practitioners who understand how to interpret it, a lot of information can is obtainable from this simple exam. Anecdotally, we have all heard during our training from experienced physicians about the utility of the rectal exam, and …
Internal Anal Sphincterotomy
Publication Year: 2025 Source: StatPearls PMID: 29630265
An anal fissure is a common benign anorectal disease affecting both children and adults. It is a painful linear tear in the posterior anoderm extending the cephalad to the dentate line. Classically, these are caused by a large, firm, forceful bowel movement. This results in cycles of recurring anal pain …
Bowel Necrosis
Publication Year: 2025 Source: StatPearls PMID: 30485003
Bowel necrosis is a late stage finding of several different disease processes characterized by cellular death due to reduced blood flow to the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. This serious and often fatal condition can be secondary to vascular occlusion, bowel inflammation, obstruction, or infection. In infants, it is known as necrotizing …
Infectious Colitis(Archived)
Publication Year: 2025 Source: StatPearls PMID: 31335045
Colonic infection by bacteria, viruses, or parasites results in an inflammatory type of diarrhea, accounting for most cases presenting with acute diarrhea. These patients present with purulent, bloody, and mucoid loose bowel motions, fever, tenesmus, and abdominal pain. Common bacteria causing bacterial colitis include Campylobacter jejuni (C jejuni), Salmonella, Shigella, …
Amebic Colitis(Archived)
Publication Year: 2025 Source: StatPearls PMID: 31194394
Amebic colitis results from an invasive infection of the colonic mucosa by Entamoeba histolytica (E histolytica). Losch first reported disease due to E histolytica in 1875; he found amoebas in colonic ulcers at autopsy and showed that the disease could be experimentally induced in vivo by rectal inoculation with human …
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