Case 5: Introduction
Cindy Law, MD, a gastroenterologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, introduces the case:
Editor’s note: The following is an automatically generated transcript of the above video.
“Hi, my name is Cindy Law. I'm a gastroenterologist specializing in inflammatory bowel disease at the Massachusetts General Hospital Crohn's and Colitis Center. Today I'll be presenting a case involving a pregnant patient with ulcerative colitis. Our patient is a 35-year-old female with ulcerative pan colitis diagnosed at the age of 29. She had been on mesalamine for six years with intermittent flares requiring corticosteroids. However, she presented to clinic reporting intermittent blood in the stools and expressed plans to become pregnant.
Her most recent colonoscopy, performed three years earlier, showed left sided Mayo 2 colitis. We recommended a repeat colonoscopy to assess her current disease status and advised delaying pregnancy until she achieved sustained clinical and endoscopic remission.”