Ischemic colitis during interferon-ribavirin therapy for chronic hepatitis C: A case report

Table 1 Characteristics of ischemic colitis associated with interferon treatment in chronic hepatitis C patients

Ref.	Age/gender, diagnosis	Treatment and duration	Location of ischemic colitis
Okanoue et al[2]	47/F, CHC	IFN-α, 4 wk	Rectum to descending colon
	55/F, CHC	IFN, 23 wk	Rectum to descending colon
	65/M, CHC	IFN, 5 wk	Rectum to descending colon
Horigome et al[3]	53/M, CHC	IFN-α, 12 wk	Sigmoid colon to descending colon
Tada et al[6]	65/M, CHC	IFN-α, 4 wk	Descending colon
	55/F, CHC	IFN-α, 24 wk	Descending colon
Leung et al[7]	44/M, CHC	Pegylated IFN-α, 34 wk	Sigmoid colon to splenic flexure
Wenner et al[4]	7/F, CHC with CRF	IFN-α, 7 wk	Descending colon
Punnam et al[5]	51/M, CHC	Pegylated IFN-α, 12 wk	Mid-transverse to proximal descending colon

CHC: Chronic hepatitis C; CRF: Chronic renal failure; IFN-α: Interferon-α; F: Female; M: Male.