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case_images: Computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen/pelvis without contrast on admission showing generalized large bowel inflammation with wall thickening and infiltration of the adjacent fatty tissue consistent with generalized colitis or inflammatory bowel disease
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case_images: FIG1
case_images: Computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen/pelvis without contrast showed generalized large bowel inflammation with wall thickening and infiltration of the adjacent fatty tissue consistent with generalized colitis or inflammatory bowel disease (Figure 1).
case_images: A repeat CT abdomen and pelvis on hospital day 9, which revealed worsening inflammatory changes in the sigmoid, descending, and ascending colon suggestive of colitis.
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case_images: FIG2
case_images: A repeat CT abdomen and pelvis showed worsening inflammatory changes in the sigmoid, descending, and ascending colon suggestive of colitis (Figure 2).
case_images: Colonoscopy revealing diffuse pseudomembrane formation throughout the colon. Images A and B reveal pseudomembrane formation in the transverse colon. Images C and D reveal pseudomembrane formation in the ascending colon.
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case_images: FIG3
case_images: The patient then underwent a colonoscopy for further evaluation which revealed diffuse pseudomembranous colitis throughout the entire colon (Figure 3).