Squamous-cell metaplasia with severe dysplasia of the colonic mucosa in ulcerative colitis. Report of a case.
Squamous-cell metaplasia in the colonic mucosa alone in ulcerative colitis has not been reported before. A case is presented where such changes were found in relation to strictures in the transverse and sigmoid colon in a male, aged 41, with a 27-year history of ulcerative colitis.
Adamsen
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Department of Surgery, Halmstad County Hospital, Sweden.
Ostberg
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Norryd
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D000328:Adult; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D003106:Colon / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology*; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008679:Metaplasia; D011859:Radiography