[Collagen colitis: separate illness or syndrome?].
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.
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Dienst Anatomopathologie, Roeselare, België.
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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
D003094:Collagen
Collageencolitis: aparte ziekte of syndroom?