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==Cytomegalovirus colitis== | |||
{{Main|CMV}} | |||
*Abbreviated ''CMV colitis''. | |||
===General=== | |||
*Uncommon. | |||
*Immunosuppressed population at risk. | |||
===Microscopic=== | |||
Features: | |||
*Enlarged nucleus - classically in endothelial cells. | |||
Images: | |||
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CMV_colitis_-_intermed_mag.jpg CMV colitis - intermed. mag. (WC)]. | |||
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CMV_colitis_-_high_mag_-_cropped.jpg CMV colitis - high mag. (WC)]. | |||
===IHC=== | |||
*CMV +ve. | |||
==Intestinal spirochetosis== | ==Intestinal spirochetosis== | ||
*[[AKA]] ''intestinal spirochetes''; more specifically ''colonic spirochetes'', ''colonic spirochetosis''. | *[[AKA]] ''intestinal spirochetes''; more specifically ''colonic spirochetes'', ''colonic spirochetosis''. | ||