Gastroenterol Clin Biol
October 2006
Ileal and right colonic strictures due to long term NSAID intake are well known but rare. We report the case of a patient with rheumatoid arthritis presenting with one ileal, as well as a right and transverse colonic stricture. The latter two were treated by dilatation under colonoscopy, but due to an associated recurrence, and the necessity of treating the ileal stricture which was inaccessible, a transverse ileocolonic shunt was proposed under local anesthesia.
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