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Aetiology

Last reviewed dd mmm yyyy. Last edited dd mmm yyyy

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Causes of ulcerative colitis include:

  • infective causes
    • gonorrhoea
    • bacillary dysentery
    • amoebiasis
    • herpes simplex colitis - more common in homosexuals and patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome
    • lymphogranuloma venereum
  • ischaemic colitis
  • inflammatory bowel disease
  • Behcet's syndrome
  • radiation

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