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*Lots of intraepithelial lymphocytes (>=20/100 lymphocytes/surface epithelial cells<ref name=pmid19109861>{{cite journal |author=Tysk C, Bohr J, Nyhlin N, Wickbom A, Eriksson S |title=Diagnosis and management of microscopic colitis |journal=World J. Gastroenterol. |volume=14 |issue=48 |pages=7280-8 |year=2008 |month=December |pmid=19109861 | PMC = 2778111 |doi= |url=http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/14/7280.asp}}</ref>) and | *Lots of intraepithelial lymphocytes (>=20/100 lymphocytes/surface epithelial cells<ref name=pmid19109861>{{cite journal |author=Tysk C, Bohr J, Nyhlin N, Wickbom A, Eriksson S |title=Diagnosis and management of microscopic colitis |journal=World J. Gastroenterol. |volume=14 |issue=48 |pages=7280-8 |year=2008 |month=December |pmid=19109861 | PMC = 2778111 |doi= |url=http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/14/7280.asp}}</ref>) and | ||
*Lymphocytes in the lamina propria. | *Lymphocytes in the lamina propria. | ||
Significant negatives:<ref name=hopkins_cc_lc>[http://hopkins-gi.nts.jhu.edu/pages/latin/templates/index.cfm?pg=disease1&disease=29&organ=6&lang_id=1 http://hopkins-gi.nts.jhu.edu/pages/latin/templates/index.cfm?pg=disease1&disease=29&organ=6&lang_id=1]</ref> | |||
*No neutrophils. | |||
*No crypt distortion. | |||
DDx: | |||
*[[Infectious colitis]] - neutrophils present... not lymphocytes. | |||
*[[Collagenous colitis]] - has a band of collagen below the epithelium. | |||
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