Phlebosclerotic Colitis Associated with Long-term Use of a Chinese Herbal Medicine Containing Gardenia Fruit

An 84-year-old Japanese woman presented to the emergency department with a 1-day history of vomiting and right lower quadrant abdominal pain. A flat film of the abdomen showed significant gaseous distention in the left quadrant and calcification in the right upper quadrant. Non-enhanced computed tomography revealed calcification of the …