2019 Volume 61 Issue 11 Pages 2473-2477
A 35-year-old male presented to our hospital due to abdominal pain and diarrhea. Colonoscopy revealed multiple irregular shallow ulcers in the terminal ileum, edematous ileocecal valve, and aphthous lesions in the entire colon. Yersinia enterocolitica was isolated from the culture of a biopsy specimen and a stool, and he was diagnosed with Y. enterocolitica enterocolitis. Since the patient’s symptoms were improving, he was not treated with antibiotics. Three months later, he presented to our hospital again due to mucous and bloody stool. Colonoscopy revealed multiple edematous, reddish and shallow ulcers. He was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis from the results of endoscopic findings and biopsy examination. We report a rare case of ulcerative colitis after Yersinia enterocolitis, showing multiple endoscopic findings over several months.
