17th July 2020

A 65-year-old gentleman with a background of ulcerative colitis and hypertension

A 65-year-old gentleman with a background of ulcerative colitis and hypertension presents to the Emergency Department (ED) with a 2 day history of colicky lower abdominal pain, diarrhoea and rectal bleeding. He is pyrexial and tachycardic. Bloods reveal a mild anaemia and elevated Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR). Infective causes have been ruled out. 

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