Deep cystic colitis

: From 1970 to 1990 the authors treated 4 patients with deep colitis (DCC). There were 2 males and 2 females aged from 19 to 48 years (average age 28.7 years). A local form of DCC with involvement of the rectum (infero- and preampullar part) was recognized in all cases. The only method for DCC treatment is an operative intervention whose volume is determined by the form of the disease and the results of emergency intraoperative morphological study of the affected parts of the large intestine. All 4 patients underwent organ- and sphincter-preserving operation-transanal resection of the rectum. The postoperative period was uneventful. None of the patients had a recurrence of the disease in follow-up periods of 3 to 7 years.