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Apr 17, 2023, 16 tweets

@MondayNightIBD 1/Differential of Non-infectious Non -IBD colitis:
🔆 Drug-induced
🔆 Common Variable Immunodeficiency
🔆 Behcet disease
🔆 Segmental Colitis Associated w/ Diverticulosis
🔆 Ischemic Colitis
🔆 Radiation Colitis
🔆 Malignancy

🤔Can you think of other dx?
#MondayNightIBD

@MondayNightIBD 2/Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Enterocolitis
📌ICI = monoclonal antibodies that reactivate immune response to tumor cells
📌Activation of T‐cells can cross‐react with host antigens
📌Enterocolitis ⬆️anti‐CTLA‐4 > anti‐PD‐1/PD‐L1 agents
📌Diarrhea
⬆️risk perforation if unrecognized

@MondayNightIBD @SanjeevaniTomar @halesj126 @JosephHabibi_MD @RomyChamoun @MarcelYibirin @ifrahfatima @GroverDheera @dunleavy_katie @drsophiadar @Spencerkelley7 3/ICI + Diarrhea:
📐R/o infection
🔦C-Scope: appearance of IBD; but mucosa can look normal -> always biopsy; consider EGD +Bx
🔬Path can have chronic IBD changes, crypt apoptosis
💊Depends on severity: budesonide -> IV steroids-> Biologic
#IBDAlgorithm👇

@MondayNightIBD @SanjeevaniTomar @halesj126 @JosephHabibi_MD @RomyChamoun @MarcelYibirin @ifrahfatima @GroverDheera @dunleavy_katie @drsophiadar @Spencerkelley7 @DCharabaty @BassiMehak @TabibianMDPhD @EugeneYenMD @DivyaBhattMD @DevikaGandhiMD @DrJessicaA @AstinWordenMD @drmonrezapour @KReddyMD 4/Capecitabine (oral 5-FU) induced colitis
🎯Diarrhea in up to 50%
🎯Rarely ileitis, severe watery or bloody diarrhea, Protein-losing enteropathy
🎯Bx: severe inflammatory changes, necrosis
🎯Pathophysiol: Ischemia?
📌💊Rx: stop capecitabine, IVF

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