TY - JOUR
T1 - Peanut Shell Colitis
AU - Keeffe, Emmet B.
AU - Girard, Donald E.
PY - 1985/7
Y1 - 1985/7
N2 - A 40-year-old physician experienced abdominal pain, loose stools, hematochezia, and anal discomfort with defecation associated with the daily consumption of 15 to 30 whole peanuts, including the shells. Thorough evaluation revealed only nonspecific colitis of the distal portion of the sigmoid colon and inflamed hemorrhoids. Discontinuation of whole peanut ingestion was associated with symptomatic, endoscopic, and histological resolution. In this patient, undigested peanut shells seem to have caused a nonspecific colitis, perhaps as the result of mechanical abrasion of the colonic mucosa.
AB - A 40-year-old physician experienced abdominal pain, loose stools, hematochezia, and anal discomfort with defecation associated with the daily consumption of 15 to 30 whole peanuts, including the shells. Thorough evaluation revealed only nonspecific colitis of the distal portion of the sigmoid colon and inflamed hemorrhoids. Discontinuation of whole peanut ingestion was associated with symptomatic, endoscopic, and histological resolution. In this patient, undigested peanut shells seem to have caused a nonspecific colitis, perhaps as the result of mechanical abrasion of the colonic mucosa.
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U2 - 10.1001/archinte.1985.00360070196035
DO - 10.1001/archinte.1985.00360070196035
M3 - Article
C2 - 3893347
AN - SCOPUS:0021970657
SN - 0003-9926
VL - 145
SP - 1314
EP - 1315
JO - Archives of internal medicine
JF - Archives of internal medicine
IS - 7
ER -