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==Crohn's disease vs. ulcerative colitis== | ==Crohn's disease vs. ulcerative colitis== | ||
===Robbins=== | |||
UC features:<ref name=Ref_PBoD850>{{Ref PBoD|850}}</ref> | UC features:<ref name=Ref_PBoD850>{{Ref PBoD|850}}</ref> | ||
*Mucosal involvement --sometimes submucosa. | *Mucosal involvement --sometimes submucosa. | ||
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*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colitis_with_granuloma_low_mag.jpg Colitis with a superficial granuloma (wikimedia.org)]. | *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colitis_with_granuloma_low_mag.jpg Colitis with a superficial granuloma (wikimedia.org)]. | ||
===Kirsch=== | |||
Features of UC<ref>RK. 13 December 2010.</ref> - memory device ''DDDR'': | Features of UC<ref>RK. 13 December 2010.</ref> - memory device ''DDDR'': | ||
*Diffuse inflammation. | *Diffuse inflammation. | ||
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*Diffuse atrophy. | *Diffuse atrophy. | ||
*Rectal involvement. | *Rectal involvement. | ||
===Words of caution=== | |||
The following may be UC:<ref>RK. 13 December 2010.</ref> | |||
*Cecal patch (cecal involvement without pancolitis). | |||
*Patchy involvement | |||
**Esp. in Tx'ed patients. | |||
**Esp. in children. | |||
*Ileitis - esp. in the context of severe pancolitis. | |||
==Ulcerative colitis== | ==Ulcerative colitis== |
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