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munnacanada · Credits: 5077 My Scrapbook

An elderly woman presents with bleeding per rectum with a 3 day h/o sever ab pain, anemia, hypotension and CAD. The most likely diagnosis is ?

1 Ulcerative colitis
2 Crohn's disease
3 Irritable bowel disease
4 Ischemic bowel(colitis)
5 Infectious diarrhea

drsahar · Credits: 2137 My Scrapbook

looks like an Ischemic Bowel

munnacanada · Credits: 5077 My Scrapbook

It makes sense if it is ischemic bowel, but the answer key says irritable bowel-That's illogical right.

drsahar · Credits: 2137 My Scrapbook

u dont get an irritable bowel in 3 days...its a chronic thing.
makes no sense..

sai06 · Credits: 6900 My Scrapbook

4 Ischemic bowel(colitis)

ieva · Credits: 3579 My Scrapbook

Irritable bowels do not create bleeding, anemia and hypotension!
That must be ischemic bowel colitis!

manita · Credits: 335 My Scrapbook

ischemic colitis

munnacanada · Credits: 5077 My Scrapbook

This just proves that the answer keys given can be completely wrong.So guys beware

jabby · Credits: 3703 My Scrapbook

ISCHEIMIC COLITIS

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ischemic colitis

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