Dr. Miguel Regueiro, Associate Professor of Medicine and Co-Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, explores the case of a young patient with ulcerative proctitis (UP) who presents with rectal bleeding but is initially given the presumptive diagnosis of internal hemorrhoids. Dr. Regueiro explains how to distinguish between hemorrhoids and UP when there is rectal bleeding present. He also compares various treatment options for UP and their ability to treat rectal bleeding, with a particular focus on the effectiveness of topical 5-ASAs.

Approx. 16 minutes
24 slides
Date: 2004/08
Location: Montreal, Quebec