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Case #2 -
A 32 year old with bloody diarrhea

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
1.) What additional history may be important in this patient?  Answer 
2.) What are pertinent physical findings to be noted?  Answer 
3.) What is the differential diagnosis in this patient?  Answer 
4.) What is the appropriate diagnostic workup for this patient?  Answer 
5.) How should this patient be treated?  Answer 
6.) What is the medical management for ulcerative colitis?  Answer 
7.) What is the role of colonoscopy in ulcerative colitis?  Answer 
8.) What are the indications for surgery in ulcerative colitis?  Answer 
9.) What are the surgical procedures that may be done in ulcerative colitis?  Answer 
10.) Postoperatively how should the patient be followed?  Answer 
11.) What are the differences between Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis?  Answer 
 
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