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*Clinical DDx includes [[irritable bowel syndrome]] - which has no or subtle histopathologic changes. | *Clinical DDx includes [[irritable bowel syndrome]] - which has no or subtle histopathologic changes. | ||
*This pathology also afflicits rectum; however, it is less commonly found there. | *This pathology also afflicits rectum; however, it is less commonly found there. | ||
** | **The rectum is afflicted in approximately in 65% of cases.<ref name=pmid12018911>{{cite journal |author=Agnarsdottir M, Gunnlaugsson O, Orvar KB, ''et al.'' |title=Collagenous and lymphocytic colitis in Iceland |journal=Dig. Dis. Sci. |volume=47 |issue=5 |pages=1122–8 |year=2002 |month=May |pmid=12018911 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
===Epidemiology=== | ===Epidemiology=== | ||