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ASCENDING COLON, BIOPSY: | ASCENDING COLON, BIOPSY: | ||
- LYMPHOCYTIC COLITIS. | - LYMPHOCYTIC COLITIS. | ||
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RECTUM, BIOPSY: | |||
- LYMPHOCYTIC PROCTITIS. | |||
- NEGATIVE FOR ARCHITECTURAL DISTORTION AND NEGATIVE FOR CRYPTITIS. | |||
- NEGATIVE FOR DYSPLASIA. | |||
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There are no granulomas. No neutrophilic cryptitis is apparent. The epithelium matures | There are no granulomas. No neutrophilic cryptitis is apparent. The epithelium matures | ||
appropriately to the surface. | appropriately to the surface. | ||
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The sections show rectal mucosa with increased intraepithelial lymphocytes (25-30/100 | |||
epithelial cells), apoptotic epithelial cells, abundant lamina propria plasma | |||
cells, rare lymphoid aggregates and a mild increase of eosinophils (25/1 HPF (0.24 | |||
mm*mm)). There is surface goblet cell depletion. The collagen table is not apparently thickened. | |||
There is no apparent cryptitis. The architecture is within normal limits. | |||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||