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=== | ===Ischemia versus infection on biopsy=== | ||
Dignan and Greenson<ref name=pmid9199649>{{Cite journal | last1 = Dignan | first1 = CR. | last2 = Greenson | first2 = JK. | title = Can ischemic colitis be differentiated from C difficile colitis in biopsy specimens? | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 21 | issue = 6 | pages = 706-10 | month = Jun | year = 1997 | doi = | PMID = 9199649 }}</ref> | Dignan and Greenson<ref name=pmid9199649>{{Cite journal | last1 = Dignan | first1 = CR. | last2 = Greenson | first2 = JK. | title = Can ischemic colitis be differentiated from C difficile colitis in biopsy specimens? | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 21 | issue = 6 | pages = 706-10 | month = Jun | year = 1997 | doi = | PMID = 9199649 }}</ref> created a tabular comparison between ischemia and (''C. difficile'') infection. | ||
A modified version of the Dignan-Greenson table (below) shows that the two etiologies generally cannot be separated; however, hyalinization appears to be useful if it is present: | |||
{| class="wikitable sortable" | {| class="wikitable sortable" | ||
! Histologic feature | ! Histologic feature | ||
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| 36% | | 36% | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Lamina propria - | | Lamina propria - hyalinization | ||
| 67% | | 67% | ||
| 0% | | 0% | ||
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| 28% | | 28% | ||
|} | |} | ||
===Images=== | ===Images=== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
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*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/euthman/3385570758/ Ischemic colitis (flickr.com/euthman)]. | *[http://www.flickr.com/photos/euthman/3385570758/ Ischemic colitis (flickr.com/euthman)]. | ||
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