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*Collagenous material in the lamina propria (pink on H&E) -- '''key feature'''.
*Collagenous material in the lamina propria (pink on H&E) -- '''key feature'''.
**Can be demonstrated with a trichrome stain -- collagen = green on trichrome.
**Can be demonstrated with a trichrome stain -- collagen = green on trichrome.
**Subepithelial collagen needs to be >= 10 micrometres thick for Dx.<ref name=pmid19109861/>
**Subepithelial collagen needs to be >= 10 micrometres thick for diagnosis.<ref name=pmid19109861/>
***8 micrometres is the diameter of a RBC.
***8 micrometres is the diameter of a RBC.
***The normal thickness of the subepithelial collagen is 3 micrometres.<ref name=pmid19109861/>
***The normal thickness of the subepithelial collagen is 3 micrometres.<ref name=pmid19109861/>
***Transverse colon usually thickest - in one series ~47 micrometres on average.<ref name=pmid10208468>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Offner | first1 = FA. | last2 = Jao | first2 = RV. | last3 = Lewin | first3 = KJ. | last4 = Havelec | first4 = L. | last5 = Weinstein | first5 = WM. | title = Collagenous colitis: a study of the distribution of morphological abnormalities and their histological detection. | journal = Hum Pathol | volume = 30 | issue = 4 | pages = 451-7 | month = Apr | year = 1999 | doi =  | PMID = 10208468 }}
***Transverse colon usually thickest - in one series ~47 micrometres on average.<ref name=pmid10208468>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Offner | first1 = FA. | last2 = Jao | first2 = RV. | last3 = Lewin | first3 = KJ. | last4 = Havelec | first4 = L. | last5 = Weinstein | first5 = WM. | title = Collagenous colitis: a study of the distribution of morphological abnormalities and their histological detection. | journal = Hum Pathol | volume = 30 | issue = 4 | pages = 451-7 | month = Apr | year = 1999 | doi =  | PMID = 10208468 }}</ref>
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****Thickening is usually patchy.<ref name=pmid1740280/>
**Thickening "follows the crypts from the surface" - useful for differentiating from tangential sections of the basement membrane.<ref name=bell>Bell, D. 4 Mar 2009.</ref>
**Thickening "follows the crypts from the surface" - useful for differentiating from tangential sections of the basement membrane.<ref name=bell>Bell, D. 4 Mar 2009.</ref>
**Collagen may envelope capillaries - useful to discern from basement membrane.<ref name=bell>Bell, D. 4 Mar 2009.</ref>
**Collagen may envelope capillaries - useful to discern from basement membrane.<ref name=bell>Bell, D. 4 Mar 2009.</ref>
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**No [[PMN]]s.
**No [[PMN]]s.
**No crypt distortion.
**No crypt distortion.
*Should not be diagnosed in the cecum - as it (normally) has a thickened subepithelial collagen band.{{fact}}
*Thickened collagen band uncommon in rectum.<ref name=pmid1740280>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Tanaka | first1 = M. | last2 = Mazzoleni | first2 = G. | last3 = Riddell | first3 = RH. | title = Distribution of collagenous colitis: utility of flexible sigmoidoscopy. | journal = Gut | volume = 33 | issue = 1 | pages = 65-70 | month = Jan | year = 1992 | doi =  | PMID = 1740280 }}</ref>


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