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Proctosigmoiditis

MedGen UID:
18653
•Concept ID:
C0033252
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Rectosigmoiditis
SNOMED CT: Proctosigmoiditis (41364008); Rectosigmoiditis (41364008)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0021736

Definition

Inflammation of the sigmoid colon and rectum. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVProctosigmoiditis

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Systematic Review: Rectal Therapies for the Treatment of Distal Forms of Ulcerative Colitis.
Cohen RD, Dalal SR
Inflamm Bowel Dis 2015 Jul;21(7):1719-36. doi: 10.1097/MIB.0000000000000379. PMID: 26020604
Management of inflammatory bowel disease.
Botoman VA, Bonner GF, Botoman DA
Am Fam Physician 1998 Jan 1;57(1):57-68, 71-2. PMID: 9447214
Topical treatment of ulcerative colitis.
Sutherland LR
Med Clin North Am 1990 Jan;74(1):119-31. doi: 10.1016/s0025-7125(16)30590-9. PMID: 1967326

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Efficacy of Oral, Topical, or Combined Oral and Topical 5-Aminosalicylates, in Ulcerative Colitis: Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis.
Barberio B, Segal JP, Quraishi MN, Black CJ, Savarino EV, Ford AC
J Crohns Colitis 2021 Jul 5;15(7):1184-1196. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjab010. PMID: 33433562
Baseline Oral 5-ASA Use and Efficacy and Safety of Budesonide Foam in Patients with Ulcerative Proctitis and Ulcerative Proctosigmoiditis: Analysis of 2 Phase 3 Studies.
Bosworth BP, Sandborn WJ, Rubin DT, Harper JR
Inflamm Bowel Dis 2016 Aug;22(8):1881-6. doi: 10.1097/MIB.0000000000000860. PMID: 27416045Free PMC Article
Management of inflammatory bowel disease.
Botoman VA, Bonner GF, Botoman DA
Am Fam Physician 1998 Jan 1;57(1):57-68, 71-2. PMID: 9447214
Ischemic proctosigmoiditis.
Bharucha AE, Tremaine WJ, Johnson CD, Batts KP
Am J Gastroenterol 1996 Nov;91(11):2305-9. PMID: 8931407
Diverticular disease-associated chronic colitis.
Makapugay LM, Dean PJ
Am J Surg Pathol 1996 Jan;20(1):94-102. doi: 10.1097/00000478-199601000-00011. PMID: 8540614

Diagnosis

Ischemic proctosigmoiditis mimmicking a colorectal tumor.
Silva M, Peixoto A, Gomes S, Sarmento JA, Macedo G
Acta Gastroenterol Belg 2017 Jul-Sep;80(3):438. PMID: 29560683
An unusual case of proctosigmoiditis secondary to arteriovenous fistulization.
Strjina V, Kelley SR
Turk J Gastroenterol 2017 Sep;28(5):408-411. Epub 2017 Aug 9 doi: 10.5152/tjg.2017.17253. PMID: 28797991
Management of inflammatory bowel disease.
Botoman VA, Bonner GF, Botoman DA
Am Fam Physician 1998 Jan 1;57(1):57-68, 71-2. PMID: 9447214
Ischemic proctosigmoiditis.
Bharucha AE, Tremaine WJ, Johnson CD, Batts KP
Am J Gastroenterol 1996 Nov;91(11):2305-9. PMID: 8931407
Evolution of the concept of proctosigmoiditis: clinical observation.
Farmer RG
Med Clin North Am 1990 Jan;74(1):91-102. doi: 10.1016/s0025-7125(16)30588-0. PMID: 2404183

Therapy

Efficacy of Oral, Topical, or Combined Oral and Topical 5-Aminosalicylates, in Ulcerative Colitis: Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis.
Barberio B, Segal JP, Quraishi MN, Black CJ, Savarino EV, Ford AC
J Crohns Colitis 2021 Jul 5;15(7):1184-1196. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjab010. PMID: 33433562
Management of inflammatory bowel disease.
Botoman VA, Bonner GF, Botoman DA
Am Fam Physician 1998 Jan 1;57(1):57-68, 71-2. PMID: 9447214
Mesalamine in ulcerative colitis.
Fitzgerald JM, Marsh TD
DICP 1991 Feb;25(2):140-5. doi: 10.1177/106002809102500208. PMID: 1676200
Isotretinoin-associated proctosigmoiditis.
Martin P, Manley PN, Depew WT, Blakeman JM
Gastroenterology 1987 Sep;93(3):606-9. doi: 10.1016/0016-5085(87)90925-5. PMID: 3475230
Radiation-induced proctosigmoiditis.
Lancet 1983 May 14;1(8333):1082-3. PMID: 6133109

Prognosis

Colonoscopic diagnosis of amebiasis: a case series and systematic review.
Lee KC, Lu CC, Hu WH, Lin SE, Chen HH
Int J Colorectal Dis 2015 Jan;30(1):31-41. Epub 2014 Oct 28 doi: 10.1007/s00384-014-2040-6. PMID: 25346004
An analysis of 10218 ulcerative colitis cases in China.
Jiang XL, Cui HF
World J Gastroenterol 2002 Feb;8(1):158-61. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v8.i1.158. PMID: 11833094Free PMC Article
Diverticular disease-associated chronic colitis.
Makapugay LM, Dean PJ
Am J Surg Pathol 1996 Jan;20(1):94-102. doi: 10.1097/00000478-199601000-00011. PMID: 8540614
Evolution of the concept of proctosigmoiditis: clinical observation.
Farmer RG
Med Clin North Am 1990 Jan;74(1):91-102. doi: 10.1016/s0025-7125(16)30588-0. PMID: 2404183
Course and prognosis of idiopathic ulcerative proctosigmoiditis in young patients.
Mir-Madjlessi SH, Michener WM, Farmer RG
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 1986 Jul-Aug;5(4):571-5. PMID: 2874204

Clinical prediction guides

Level of interleukin 17 in inflammatory bowel disease and its relation with disease activity.
Menesy A, Hammad M, Aref S, Abozeid FAM
BMC Gastroenterol 2024 Apr 15;24(1):135. doi: 10.1186/s12876-024-03218-7. PMID: 38622545Free PMC Article
Efficacy of Oral, Topical, or Combined Oral and Topical 5-Aminosalicylates, in Ulcerative Colitis: Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis.
Barberio B, Segal JP, Quraishi MN, Black CJ, Savarino EV, Ford AC
J Crohns Colitis 2021 Jul 5;15(7):1184-1196. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjab010. PMID: 33433562
Baseline Oral 5-ASA Use and Efficacy and Safety of Budesonide Foam in Patients with Ulcerative Proctitis and Ulcerative Proctosigmoiditis: Analysis of 2 Phase 3 Studies.
Bosworth BP, Sandborn WJ, Rubin DT, Harper JR
Inflamm Bowel Dis 2016 Aug;22(8):1881-6. doi: 10.1097/MIB.0000000000000860. PMID: 27416045Free PMC Article
Colonoscopic diagnosis of amebiasis: a case series and systematic review.
Lee KC, Lu CC, Hu WH, Lin SE, Chen HH
Int J Colorectal Dis 2015 Jan;30(1):31-41. Epub 2014 Oct 28 doi: 10.1007/s00384-014-2040-6. PMID: 25346004
Evolution of the concept of proctosigmoiditis: clinical observation.
Farmer RG
Med Clin North Am 1990 Jan;74(1):91-102. doi: 10.1016/s0025-7125(16)30588-0. PMID: 2404183

Recent systematic reviews

Epidemiologic profile of inflammatory bowel disease in Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMRO) countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Sanat ZM, Vahedi H, Malekzadeh R, Fanni Z
BMC Public Health 2024 May 24;24(1):1395. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-18816-z. PMID: 38789987Free PMC Article
A Systematic Review of the Clinical Use of Curcumin for the Management of Gastrointestinal Diseases.
Atefi M, Darand M, Entezari MH, Jamialahmadi T, Bagherniya M, Sahebkar A
Adv Exp Med Biol 2021;1291:295-326. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-56153-6_18. PMID: 34331698
Efficacy of Oral, Topical, or Combined Oral and Topical 5-Aminosalicylates, in Ulcerative Colitis: Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis.
Barberio B, Segal JP, Quraishi MN, Black CJ, Savarino EV, Ford AC
J Crohns Colitis 2021 Jul 5;15(7):1184-1196. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjab010. PMID: 33433562
Systematic Review: Rectal Therapies for the Treatment of Distal Forms of Ulcerative Colitis.
Cohen RD, Dalal SR
Inflamm Bowel Dis 2015 Jul;21(7):1719-36. doi: 10.1097/MIB.0000000000000379. PMID: 26020604
Colonoscopic diagnosis of amebiasis: a case series and systematic review.
Lee KC, Lu CC, Hu WH, Lin SE, Chen HH
Int J Colorectal Dis 2015 Jan;30(1):31-41. Epub 2014 Oct 28 doi: 10.1007/s00384-014-2040-6. PMID: 25346004

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