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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1998;41(11):1610-1613. Published online November 15, 1998.

A Case of Distal Ulcerative Colitis Improved by Budesonide Enemas

Yong Joo YJ Kim¹, Kwang Seung KS Shin¹, Nam Su NS Kim¹, Hahng H Lee¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea

Correspondence Yong Joo YJ Kim ,Email: 1

Abstract

A ten-year-old boy presented with chronic diarrhea and rectal bleeding was studied. Colonoscopic and pathologic diagnosis was distal ulcerative colitis in the sigmoid colon and rectum. Budesonide retention enema(2mg/100ml) was performed every night for 8 weeks. His clinical symptoms, the follow-up colonoscopic and pathologic findings improved in the third week of treatment. His weight did not change and Cushing syndrome did not developed until the completion of budesonide therapy.

Keywords :Ulcerative colitis, Budesonide enema