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Overview

Endoscopy

By looking inside the rectum with a proctoscope or a sigmoidoscope doctors can diagnose proctitis.If the physician suspects that the patient suffers from Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, colonoscopy or barium enema x-rays are used to examine areas of the intestine.

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