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*Submucosa edema with neutrophilic infiltrate. | *Submucosa edema with neutrophilic infiltrate. | ||
*+/-Fibrin thrombi. | *+/-Fibrin thrombi. | ||
Features - chronic: | |||
*Nuclear atypia - esp. of the stromal cells. | |||
**The epithelium is shed and regenerates... therefore usually does not have the changes. | |||
*Fibrosis - esp. of the submucosa. | |||
DDx: | DDx: | ||
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*Infectious colitis. | *Infectious colitis. | ||
Images: | |||
*[http://gut.bmj.com/content/41/3/354/F2.large.jpg Radiation colitis - rat model (bmj.com)].<ref name=pmid9378391/> | *[http://gut.bmj.com/content/41/3/354/F2.large.jpg Radiation colitis - rat model (bmj.com)].<ref name=pmid9378391/> | ||
*[http://www.nature.com/nrgastro/journal/v5/n1/fig_tab/ncpgasthep1005_F5.html#figure-title Radiation colitis (nature.com)].<ref name=pmid18174905>{{Cite journal | last1 = Nielsen | first1 = OH. | last2 = Vainer | first2 = B. | last3 = Rask-Madsen | first3 = J. | title = Non-IBD and noninfectious colitis. | journal = Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol | volume = 5 | issue = 1 | pages = 28-39 | month = Jan | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1038/ncpgasthep1005 | PMID = 18174905 }}</ref> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||