Abstract
The patient is a 60-year-old woman. She originally had a tendency toward constipation. She was admitted to our hospital because of abdominal pain and diarrhea, and diagnosed with transient ischemic colitis in the descending colon. Eight months later, she had similar symptoms, and was hospitalized at another institution, and the same diagnosis as shown above was made. One month after that, the same symptoms occurred, and the endoscopy at our hospital resulted in the same diagnosis. Thereafter, the patient's bowel movement was managed with administration of a laxative, and no relapse was observed during the past two years. As regards ischemic colitis with two episodes of relapse, there have been reported only five cases including the above case. Thus, our above case is considered to be a valuable one. Therefore, a report is made on it.
