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Colon: The colon's function is primarily to reabsorb water from the stool and store it until elimination from the body is convenient. Diseases of the colon disrupt the ability of the organ to perform this function.

Diabetic Vasculopathy in the Rectum
Diabetes can damage blood vessels. The most common way see this is to look into the patients eyes with an opthalmoscope. In this patient, the vascular changes were so prevalent they were identifiable in the rectal mucosa.

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