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Inflammatory bowel disease (view source)
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===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features: | Features: | ||
*Lack of [[granulomas]]. | *Inflammation: | ||
**Active: | |||
***Neutrophils: | |||
****Intraepithelial (cryptitis). | |||
****Clusters in crypts (crypt abscesses). | |||
****Erosions. | |||
**Chronic: | |||
***Architectural distortion. | |||
***Basal plasmacytosis. | |||
**Lack of [[granulomas]]. | |||
Notes: | |||
*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> | |||
DDx: | |||
*[[Crohn's disease]]. | |||
*Infectious colitis. | |||
*[[Ischemic colitis]]. | |||
==Crohn's disease== | ==Crohn's disease== | ||