Tag: Ischemic colitis

Stephan Moll, MD writes…  Ischemic colitis is an uncommon and typically benign disorder.  For mostly unclear reasons, multiple small vessels in the colonic wall have decreased perfusion or become occluded, resulting in patchy, superficially ulcerated areas.  Typically, no surgical intervention is needed and the patient recovers spontaneously within 1-2 weeks.  Often patients have only one episode. Few…