title: [Collagen colitis: separate illness or syndrome?].
abstract: Six patients with collagenous colitis are described and the literature is reviewed. Collagenous colitis is not a rare disease. Its most prominent feature is profuse watery diarrhoea. Although the endoscopic picture of the mucosa is usually normal, there is a microscopic thickening of the (subepithelial) basement membrane. For diagnostic purposes, multiple colon biopsies are warranted in patients with chronic or relapsing diarrhoea. There is no established therapy for this disease.
authors.affiliation: Dienst Anatomopathologie, Roeselare, België.
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Amery
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rutgeerts
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Tanghe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003092:Colitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D003094:Collagen / Q000737:chemistry*; D003106:Colon / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D003094:Collagen
vernacular_title: Collageencolitis: aparte ziekte of syndroom?