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Published on: January 31, 2020
Successful treatment of idiopathic colitis and proctitis using thalidomide in persons infected with human
C S Fu1, C N Conteas, M J LaRiviere
1Division of Gastroenterology, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Los Angeles, USA.
Abstract:
Gastrointestinal ulcerations in persons infected with HIV have many causes, the most common being opportunistic infections and neoplasms. Recently, idiopathic ulcerative lesions of the colon and rectum have been described. Two cases are reported of idiopathic colonic and anorectal inflammation and ulceration which failed traditional therapies but responded to thalidomide with complete clinical and histologic resolution.
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