A 34-year old woman has a 10-year history of intermittent, b…
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A 34-yeаr оld wоmаn hаs a 10-year histоry of intermittent, bloody diarrhea. She is afebrile and has no other major medical problems. On physical examination there are no lesions palpable on digital rectal examination, but a stool sample is positive for blood. Colonoscopy reveals an erythematous mucosa with focal ulcerations limited to the sigmoid colon and rectum. Biopsies are taken and all reveal mucosal acute and chronic inflammation with crypt distortion, occasional crypt abscesses, and superficial mucosal ulceration. This patient is most likely suffering from:
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