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==Weird stuff==
==Weird stuff==
===Drugs===
Kayexalate (sodium polystyrene sulfonate):<ref name=pmid11342776>{{cite journal |author=Abraham SC, Bhagavan BS, Lee LA, Rashid A, Wu TT |title=Upper gastrointestinal tract injury in patients receiving kayexalate (sodium polystyrene sulfonate) in sorbitol: clinical, endoscopic, and histopathologic findings |journal=Am. J. Surg. Pathol. |volume=25 |issue=5 |pages=637-44 |year=2001 |month=May |pmid=11342776 |doi= |url=http://meta.wkhealth.com/pt/pt-core/template-journal/lwwgateway/media/landingpage.htm?issn=0147-5185&volume=25&issue=5&spage=637}}</ref>
Kayexalate (sodium polystyrene sulfonate):<ref name=pmid11342776>{{cite journal |author=Abraham SC, Bhagavan BS, Lee LA, Rashid A, Wu TT |title=Upper gastrointestinal tract injury in patients receiving kayexalate (sodium polystyrene sulfonate) in sorbitol: clinical, endoscopic, and histopathologic findings |journal=Am. J. Surg. Pathol. |volume=25 |issue=5 |pages=637-44 |year=2001 |month=May |pmid=11342776 |doi= |url=http://meta.wkhealth.com/pt/pt-core/template-journal/lwwgateway/media/landingpage.htm?issn=0147-5185&volume=25&issue=5&spage=637}}</ref>
*Used to treat hyperkalemia.
*Used to treat hyperkalemia.
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*Can cause focal [[necrosis]].
*Can cause focal [[necrosis]].


Image: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cecal_adenocarcinoma.jpg Sodium polystyrene crystals - commons.wikimedia.org].
Image: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cecal_adenocarcinoma.jpg Sodium polystyrene crystals (WC)].
 
===Graft-versus host disease===
{{Main|Graft-versus-host disease}}
*Abbreviated as ''GVHD''.
*Seen in the context of bone marrow transplants.
 
===Bowel transplant===
The histology of bowel transplant rejection is identical to GVHD - see ''[[GVHD]]''.


==Chronic constipation==
==Chronic constipation==