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**Active: | **Active: | ||
***Neutrophils: | ***Neutrophils: | ||
****Intraepithelial (cryptitis). | ****Intraepithelial (cryptitis).† | ||
****Clusters in crypts (crypt abscesses). | ****Clusters in crypts (crypt abscesses). | ||
****Erosions. | ****Erosions. | ||
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***Architectural distortion. | ***Architectural distortion. | ||
***Basal plasmacytosis. | ***Basal plasmacytosis. | ||
***Foveolar metaplasia. | |||
***Paneth cell metaplasia (distal). | |||
**Lack of [[granulomas]]. | **Lack of [[granulomas]]. | ||
Notes: | Notes: | ||
*†Neutrophils are usually numerous in the lamina propria in minimal/mild active inflammation. | |||
*No full wall-thickness inflammation. | *No full wall-thickness inflammation. | ||
*Epithelial apoptosis correlated with inflammation.<ref name=pmid19958058>{{Cite journal | last1 = Seidelin | first1 = JB. | last2 = Nielsen | first2 = OH. | title = Epithelial apoptosis: cause or consequence of ulcerative colitis? | journal = Scand J Gastroenterol | volume = 44 | issue = 12 | pages = 1429-34 | month = | year = 2009 | doi = 10.3109/00365520903301212 | PMID = 19958058 }}</ref> | *Epithelial apoptosis correlated with inflammation.<ref name=pmid19958058>{{Cite journal | last1 = Seidelin | first1 = JB. | last2 = Nielsen | first2 = OH. | title = Epithelial apoptosis: cause or consequence of ulcerative colitis? | journal = Scand J Gastroenterol | volume = 44 | issue = 12 | pages = 1429-34 | month = | year = 2009 | doi = 10.3109/00365520903301212 | PMID = 19958058 }}</ref> |
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