COLLAGENOUS COLITIS RESPONSIVE TO OCTREOTIDE THERAPY

Authors
FISHER NC TUTT A SIM E SCARPELLO JHB GREEN JRB
Citation
Nc. Fisher et al., COLLAGENOUS COLITIS RESPONSIVE TO OCTREOTIDE THERAPY, Journal of clinical gastroenterology, 23(4), 1996, pp. 300-301
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Journal of clinical gastroenterology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01920790
Volume
23
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
300 - 301
Database
ISI
SICI code
0192-0790(1996)23:4<300:CCRTOT>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Collagenous colitis is a disease of unknown etiology characterized by diarrhea that responds poorly to conventional antidiarrheal therapy or therapy for inflammatory bowel disease. Octreotide is recognized as a treatment of diarrhea of varying causes, but we could find no previou s reports of its use in collagenous colitis. We therefore report a sev ere case of collagenous colitis that responded to regular subcutaneous octreotide therapy.