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The '''ileocecal valve''' is the divider between the [[small bowel]] and cecum. It is seen by pathologist in some subtotal colectomies (e.g. right hemicoloectomies) and occasionally biopsied. | The '''ileocecal valve''', abbreviated '''IC valve''', is the divider between the [[small bowel]] and cecum. It is seen by pathologist in some subtotal colectomies (e.g. right hemicoloectomies) and occasionally biopsied. | ||
==Lipomatous ileocecal valve== | ==Lipomatous ileocecal valve== | ||
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===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
:''See [[Tuberculosis]]''. | :''See [[Tuberculosis]]''. | ||
==Ileocecal valve ulceration== | |||
===General=== | |||
*Relatively uncommon. | |||
===Microscopic=== | |||
Features: | |||
*Fibrin - acellular amorphous eosinophilic material. | |||
*Neutrophils. | |||
*Cryptitis (focal). | |||
DDx: | |||
*[[Crohn's disease]]. | |||
*NSAID-associated ulcer.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Liu | first1 = JX. | last2 = Wang | first2 = HH. | title = [Clinical and pathological features of benign ileocecal ulcerative lesions discovered by ileocolonoscopy: analysis of 31 cases]. | journal = Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi | volume = 88 | issue = 12 | pages = 823-5 | month = Mar | year = 2008 | doi = | PMID = 18756986 }}</ref> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||