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| ==Crohn's disease== | | ==Crohn's disease== |
| *Often abbreviated as ''CD''. | | *Abbreviated ''CD''. |
| ===General===
| | {{Main|Crohn's disease}} |
| *Autoimmune disease.
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| *Increased risk for cancer - usu. rectal cancer; classically [[colorectal adenocarcinoma|mucinous adenocarcinoma]].
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| Associations:<ref name=pmid20074146>{{Cite journal | last1 = Gearry | first1 = RB. | last2 = Richardson | first2 = AK. | last3 = Frampton | first3 = CM. | last4 = Dodgshun | first4 = AJ. | last5 = Barclay | first5 = ML. | title = Population-based cases control study of inflammatory bowel disease risk factors. | journal = J Gastroenterol Hepatol | volume = 25 | issue = 2 | pages = 325-33 | month = Feb | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2009.06140.x | PMID = 20074146 }}
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| </ref>
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| *High socioeconomic status.
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| *Family history of [[IBD]].
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| *City dwellers.
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| *Not breastfed.
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| Treatment:
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| *Immune suppression.
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| *Surgery considered treatment of last resort.
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| ===Gross===
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| *Aphthous ulcer - first gross finding of IBD.
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| *Transmural inflammation, i.e. full thickness of bowel wall.
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| *[[Creeping fat]] (also "fat wrapping" and "fat hypertrophy"<ref name=pmid15888774>{{Cite journal | last1 = Schäffler | first1 = A. | last2 = Herfarth | first2 = H. | title = Creeping fat in Crohn's disease: travelling in a creeper lane of research? | journal = Gut | volume = 54 | issue = 6 | pages = 742-4 | month = Jun | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1136/gut.2004.061531 | PMID = 15888774 }}</ref>) - abundant fat, fat on anti-mesenteric side of the bowel.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Schäffler | first1 = A. | last2 = Herfarth | first2 = H. | title = Creeping fat in Crohn's disease: travelling in a creeper lane of research? | journal = Gut | volume = 54 | issue = 6 | pages = 742-4 | month = Jun | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1136/gut.2004.061531 | PMID = 15888774 }}
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| </ref>
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| **Definition: fat on more than 50% of the intestinal surface.<ref name=pmid15888774/>
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| ***''[[onlinepathology|OP]]'' understands this as ''fat on 50% of the circumference''.
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| **DDx of creeping fat: [[ulcerative colitis]], sclerosing mesenteritis, mesenteric panniculitis, epiploic appendagitis, omental infarction, gastrointestinal complication a renal transplant, idiopathic segmental ureteritis.<ref name=pmid18815796/>
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| **Can be seen radiologically.
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| *Cobblestone appearance -- may be described as such on endoscopy; due to edema.
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| *Serpiginous ulcers.
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| ** Image: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CD_serpiginous_ulcer.jpg Serpiginous ulcer (endoscopy) - wikipedia.org].
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| Notes:
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| *Grossly, the [[margins]] should be clear of disease; the [[surgical clearance]] and microscopic involvement are not considered important.<ref name=pmid6348672>{{Cite journal | last1 = Hamilton | first1 = SR. | title = Pathologic features of Crohn's disease associated with recrudescence after resection. | journal = Pathol Annu | volume = 18 Pt 1 | issue = | pages = 191-203 | month = | year = 1983 | doi = | PMID = 6348672 }}</ref>
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| *The term ''creeping fat'' may be used in the context of a [[vasculitis]] outside of the abdominal cavity.<ref name=pmid18815796>{{Cite journal | last1 = Golder | first1 = WA. | title = The "creeping fat sign"-really diagnostic for Crohn's disease? | journal = Int J Colorectal Dis | volume = 24 | issue = 1 | pages = 1-4 | month = Jan | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1007/s00384-008-0585-y | PMID = 18815796 }}</ref>
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| ===Microscopic===
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| Features:<ref name=pmid10048734/>
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| *Segmental crypt architectural abnormalities.
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| *Mucin depletion -- less goblet cells. (???)<ref name=pmid2318990>{{cite journal |author=McCormick DA, Horton LW, Mee AS |title=Mucin depletion in inflammatory bowel disease |journal=J. Clin. Pathol. |volume=43 |issue=2 |pages=143–6 |year=1990 |month=February |pmid=2318990 |pmc=502296 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
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| *Mucin preservation at the active sites.
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| *Focal chronic inflammation without crypt atrophy.
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| *Pseudopyloric mucous glands ([[AKA]] pyloric gland metaplasia).<ref name=medunigraz>URL: [http://www.medunigraz.at/22698 http://www.medunigraz.at/22698]. Accessed on: 6 August 2013.</ref>
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| **Round glands with abundant pale cytoplasm - stubby champagne flute.
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| **Usually in the deep aspect of the mucosa.
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| ***Look somewhat similar to Brunner's glands.
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| *Granulomas - esp. deep (non-mucosal).
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| **Superficial [[granulomas]] in the mucosa are non-specific (especially if they are beside an inflamed crypt); they may be present in ulcerative colitis.<ref name=pmid12147095>{{Cite journal | last1 = Shepherd | first1 = NA. | title = Granulomas in the diagnosis of intestinal Crohn's disease: a myth exploded? | journal = Histopathology | volume = 41 | issue = 2 | pages = 166-8 | month = Aug | year = 2002 | doi = | PMID = 12147095 }}</ref><ref name=pmid12121237>{{Cite journal | last1 = Mahadeva | first1 = U. | last2 = Martin | first2 = JP. | last3 = Patel | first3 = NK. | last4 = Price | first4 = AB. | title = Granulomatous ulcerative colitis: a re-appraisal of the mucosal granuloma in the distinction of Crohn's disease from ulcerative colitis. | journal = Histopathology | volume = 41 | issue = 1 | pages = 50-5 | month = Jul | year = 2002 | doi = | PMID = 12121237 }}</ref>
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| DDx:
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| *Infectious colitis:
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| **[[Amebiasis]].
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| **[[EBV]]-associated colitis.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Karlitz | first1 = JJ. | last2 = Li | first2 = ST. | last3 = Holman | first3 = RP. | last4 = Rice | first4 = MC. | title = EBV-associated colitis mimicking IBD in an immunocompetent individual. | journal = Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol | volume = 8 | issue = 1 | pages = 50-4 | month = Jan | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1038/nrgastro.2010.192 | PMID = 21119609 }}</ref>
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| *[[Ulcerative colitis]].
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| *[[Diverticular disease-associated colitis]] - only in areas with [[diverticular disease]].
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| *NSAID-induced small bowel injury.<ref name=pmid19148795>{{Cite journal | last1 = Hayashi | first1 = Y. | last2 = Yamamoto | first2 = H. | last3 = Taguchi | first3 = H. | last4 = Sunada | first4 = K. | last5 = Miyata | first5 = T. | last6 = Yano | first6 = T. | last7 = Arashiro | first7 = M. | last8 = Sugano | first8 = K. | title = Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug-induced small-bowel lesions identified by double-balloon endoscopy: endoscopic features of the lesions and endoscopic treatments for diaphragm disease. | journal = J Gastroenterol | volume = 44 Suppl 19 | issue = | pages = 57-63 | month = | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1007/s00535-008-2277-3 | PMID = 19148795 }}</ref>
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| *Others - a long DDx is [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2914216/table/T1/ here].<ref name=pmid20532706>{{Cite journal | last1 = Dilauro | first1 = S. | last2 = Crum-Cianflone | first2 = NF. | title = Ileitis: when it is not Crohn's disease. | journal = Curr Gastroenterol Rep | volume = 12 | issue = 4 | pages = 249-58 | month = Aug | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1007/s11894-010-0112-5 | PMID = 20532706 }}</ref>
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| ====Images====
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| www:
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| *[http://www.medunigraz.at/images/content/image/presse/patho-netzwerk/1012_06.jpg Crohn's disease - pyloric gland metaplasia (medunigraz.at)].<ref name=medunigraz>URL: [http://www.medunigraz.at/22698 http://www.medunigraz.at/22698]. Accessed on: 6 August 2013.</ref>
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| *[http://www.medunigraz.at/images/content/image/presse/patho-netzwerk/1012_07.jpg Crohn's disease - pyloric gland metaplasia (medunigraz.at)].<ref name=medunigraz/>
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| ===Sign-out===
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| ====Biopsies====
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| <pre>
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| TERMINAL ILEUM, BIOPSY
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| - PATCHY MILD ACTIVE ILEITIS.
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| COMMENT:
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| No granulomas are identified. An infective etiology should be considered, as
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| it cannot be excluded on pathologic grounds.
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| </pre>
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| =====Classic=====
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| <pre>
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| A. TERMINAL ILEUM, BIOPSY
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| - MODERATE GRANULOMATOUS ILEITIS.
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| B. CECUM, BIOPSY:
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| - MILD PATCHY ACTIVE CECITIS.
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| C. SIGMOID COLON, BIOPSY:
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| - CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY CHANGES. NO ACTIVE COLITIS.
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| COMMENT:
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| The histomorphological findings (patchy inflammation, granulomas, ileitis, paneth cell
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| metaplasia, crypt loss and crypt elongation) are suggestive of Crohn's disease. An infective
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| etiology should be considered, as it cannot be excluded on pathologic grounds.
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| </pre>
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| =====Quiescent Crohn's disease=====
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| <pre>
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| DESCENDING COLON, BIOPSY:
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| - COLONIC MUCOSA WITH PROMINENT LAMINA PROPRIA PLASMA CELLS.
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| - NEGATIVE FOR ACTIVE COLITIS.
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| COMMENT:
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| Minimal architectural changes consistent with chronic inflammation are present. There are
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| no granulomas. No dysplasia is identified. The findings are compatible with quiescent
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| Crohn's disease.
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| </pre>
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| ====Resection====
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| <pre>
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| TERMINAL ILEUM, CECUM, AND APPENDIX, CECUM-ILEUM RESECTION:
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| - CHRONIC ACTIVE GRANULOMATOUS ILEITIS -- INCLUDING:
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| -- MURAL MICROABSCESS FORMATION.
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| -- SEROSITIS.
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| -- A STRICTURE.
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| -- DEEP ULCERATION (AT LEAST THROUGH THE MUSCULARIS PROPRIA).
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| - PERIAPPENDICITIS, NEGATIVE FOR APPENDICITIS.
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| - CECUM WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS.
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| - TEN LYMPH NODES NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY ( 0 POSITIVE / 10 ).
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| - NEGATIVE FOR DYSPLASIA AND NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY.
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| COMMENT:
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| The sections show patchy transmural inflammation and skip lesions.
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| The findings are consistent with Crohn's disease.
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| </pre>
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| <pre>
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| TERMINAL ILEUM, CECUM, APPENDIX, AND ASCENDING COLON, RIGHT HEMICOLECTOMY:
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| - CHRONIC ACTIVE ILEITIS -- INCLUDING:
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| -- INFLAMMATORY PSEUDOPOLYP.
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| -- STRICTURE ASSOCIATED WITH LARGE LYMPHOID AGGREGATE.
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| - THIRTEEN LYMPH NODES NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY ( 0 POSITIVE / 13 ).
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| - NEGATIVE FOR DYSPLASIA AND NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY.
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| COMMENT:
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| The sections show patchy transmural inflammation and skip lesions. Submucosal fibrosis is
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| present. Focal ulceration and abscess formation is identified. No granulomas are identified.
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| The findings are consistent with Crohn's disease.
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| </pre>
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| <pre>
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| ILEUM, COLON, ILEO-COLIC RESECTION:
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| - SEVERE FOCAL ILEITIS WITH ULCERATION AND TRANSMURAL INFLAMMATION.
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| - BENIGN STRICTURE ASSOCIATED WITH A LARGE LYMPHOID AGGREGATE.
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| - FIBROUS ADHESION.
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| - COLON WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS.
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| - ONE LYMPH NODE NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY ( 0 POSITIVE / 1 ).
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| - NEGATIVE FOR DYSPLASIA AND NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY.
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| COMMENT:
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| The findings are consistent with chronic, active Crohn's disease.
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| =="Indeterminate colitis"== | | =="Indeterminate colitis"== |