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==Specimens== | |||
*Biopsies for diagnosis. | |||
*Surveillance biopsies - to rule-out dysplasia. | |||
*Resections of disease that has failed medical management. | |||
*Resections for dysplasia associated with inflammatory bowel disease. | |||
Note: | |||
*Surveillance biopsies and biopsies for diagnosis should specify the site. | |||
**Slight gradients exists in the large bowel that can be exploited for diagnostic purposes if the site information is known, for example: | |||
***Paneth cell distal to the splenic flexure are abnormal. | |||
***Ulcerative colitis is often more severe distally - even in a pancolitis, as the disease starts in the rectum and progresses toward the cecum. | |||
==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== | ||