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This report describes a 55-year-old male patient who has been taking Chinese patent medicine orally for an extended period to treat prostatitis. His primary symptom is diarrhea. Imaging studies revealed multiple linear calcifications in the mesenteric veins surrounding the ascending and transverse colon. Colonoscopic findings showed bluish-purple discolored mucosa and multiple ulcers of the colonic and rectal mucosa. Pathological biopsy indicated fibrous tissue proliferation in the mucosal lamina propria and thickening of some blood vessel walls accompanied by hyaline degeneration. 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