GLUTARALDEHYDE COLITIS FOLLOWING ENDOSCOP Y

Glutaraldehyde disinfectant solution may be a cause of toxic chemical colitis. We report two cases. Ultrasonic features were studied in one case and mimic colonic ischemia, inflammatory and/or infectious coliti s. These findings were colonic wall thickening especially mucosal (hyp oechogenicity) and submucosal (hyperechogenicity) layers. This diagnos is should be discussed when one sees a patient with echographic findin gs of acute left-sided colitis just after uncomplicated colonic endosc opy.