Case 277

 A twenty-year-old male presented in our hospital for high fever, 40℃, diarrhea and difficulty in physical moving. Bloody diarrhea had been persistent for approximately one month. Twenty days before, he was infected with COVID 19 and thereafter, fever was consistent. Laboratory test revealed total protein 5.8 g/dL, albumin 2.3g/dL, CRP 22.88 mg/d/L, white blood cells 5450/mm3, lymphocyte 14.8%, monocyte 13.4%, neutrophils 70.2%. He took abdomen CT for further investigation. (Figs 1 – 4).

What is your imaging diagnosis ?

1.　Ischemic colitis

2.　Drug-induced colitis

3.　Ulcerative colitis

4.　Infectious colitis

5.　Crohn disease

answer

2022.9.12