Pre-examination survey showed that 246 women (89.5%) had some type of negative images to colonoscopy, 166 women (60.4%) answered “scary”, 119 women (43.2%) answered “embarrassed”, 105 women (38.2%) answered “painful”, and 19 women (7.0%) answered “others”. The main reason for women who preferred female colonoscopist was “embarrassed”. Among the 98 women who preferred female colonoscopists, none of them preferred male INCB018424 price colonoscopists for the next exam, 31 people (31.6%) had “no preference” and 67 people (68.4%) preferred female colonoscopists. The reasons for having no preference was that 4 people said “sex does not matter as long as they are experts”, and 1 person said “because

of the anesthetics, sex of the examiner was not a bother”. Conclusion: Majority of the women who have colonoscopy for the first time have negative images for colonoscopy and younger and employed women tend to prefer female endoscopists. About 30% of the women PI3K inhibitor who

desired female endoscopists did not have preference for the next examination. It was suggested that female doctors should be actively assigned for younger and employed women so they will not lose the opportunity for having an exam because of embarrassment and anxiety and contribute to the improvement of colonoscopy examination rate. Key Word(s): 1. sex preference; 2. women subjects; 3. colonoscopy Presenting Author: MICHAL TICHY Additional Authors: MARTIN CEGAN, JIRI LASTUVKA, JIRI STEHLIK Corresponding Author: TICHY MICHAL Affiliations: Krajska Zdravotni, A.S. – Masaryk Hospital, Krajska Zdravotni, A.S. – Masaryk Hospital, Krajska Zdravotni, A.S. – Masaryk Hospital Objective: Introduction: Lymphocytic colitis is characterized by chronic diarrhea with microscopic changes (presence of more than 20 intraepithelial lymphocytes/100 enterocytes) and normal appearence of the mucosa. Possibile pathological endoscopic findings are non-specific and discreet. The etiology is unknown, occurence is higher after 40 years

of age. Association with autoimmune diseases (e.g. celic desease, diabetes, thyroiditis) or drugs (carbamezepine, sertraline, ticlopidine) has been reported. More smokers than non-smokers are affected. No treatment is accepted as the standard (loperamine, medchemexpress cholestyramine, metronidazole, mesalazine, corticosteroids are used). More authors report good effect of the corticosteroids. The prognosis of the condition is usually good. Methods: Case descripcion: Colonoscopy was peformed in a 70-year-old Caucasian male. Large ulcers in the right colon were found (Figure 1). The patient had smoked for many years, he used antiarrhythmic drugs, clopidogrel and PPI. NSAID-induced colitis was thus excluded. Endoscopy apperance suggested the possibility of Crohn′s disease. MRI enteroclysis was in accordance with this hypothesis; it indicated terminal ileum involvement, too.