- Etiology: idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease that is superficial in nature extending from rectum to proximal colon in a contiguous manner
- BE: superficial bowel wall inflammation limited to colon and rectum, see pseudopolyps in end stage which are areas of normal mucosa surrounded by denuded ulcerated mucosa
- US: thickening of cecum, bowel wall hyperemia, prominence of submucosa with preservation of layered structure of bowel wall which may be lost in advanced disease
- Clinical: endoscopically visible as it affects the colon, surgery usually curative
Radiology Cases of Ulcerative Colitis



Gross Pathology Cases of Ulcerative Colitis

