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Ulcer

Known as: ulceratives, lesions ulcerative, Ulcera 
A circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue.
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Broader (2)

Disease as reason for upper g.i. examinationSigns and Symptoms

Narrower (20)

Duodenal UlcerDuodenal ulcer perforationGastric ulcerIleal ulcer

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Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Incidence of ulcerative colitis in Stockholm County 1955-1979.
The epidemiology of ulcerative colitis in Stockholm County over a 25-year period, 1955-79, was investigated. Only definite cases… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Vesiculopustular eruption in a patient with ulcerative colitis. Pyoderma gangrenosum.
Review
1984
Review
1984
Restorative Proctocolectomy with a Three‐loop Heal Reservoir for Ulcerative Colitis and Familial Adenomatous Polyposis: Clinical Results in 66 Patients Followed for up to 6 Years
The results of restorative proctocolectomy with a three-loop ileal reservoir were reviewed. Of 66 patients treated between 1976… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Topical treatment of distal ulcerative colitis with 4-amino-salicylic acid enemas.
Enemas of 4-amino-salicylic acid (4-ASA) have been compared with placebo enemas in a double-blind study for the treatment of… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Absorption and excretion of a single 1-g dose of azodisal sodium in subjects with ileostomy.
The behaviour of a single 1-g oral dose of azodisal sodium (ADS) given to 10 healthy volunteers with an ileostomy was studied… 
Review
1980
Review
1980
Carcinoma of the colon and rectum complicating chronic ulcerative colitis
Patients with pancolonic chronic ulcerative colitis are at increased risk to develop carcinoma of the colon. Controversy… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Adenocarcinoma arising at an ileostomy site. Report of a case
A case is reported of a 60‐year‐old man, who developed an adenocarcinoma in the abdominal wall adjoining an ileostomy. Thirty‐one… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Hypergastrinaemia due to an excluded gastric antrum: a proposed method for differentiation from the Zollinger ellison syndrome.
Summary: A case is presented of a patient with recurrent peptic ulceration due to an excluded gastric antrum. The patient… 
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
Ulcerative colitis in the United States Army in 1944
This paper compares the mortality of 525 men admitted to U.S. Army hospitals in 1944 with ulcerative colitis compared with 518… 
Highly Cited
1962
Highly Cited
1962
Nephrolithiasis as a complication of ulcerative colitis and regional enteritis.
Excerpt The coexistence of gastrointestinal disease and renal calculi has been noted in few clinical entities. Calcium…