[A case of giant cell microscopic colitis?].
Microscopic colitis is the most common cause of chronic watery diarrhea, with normal mucosal appearance during colonoscopy. The diagnosis is made by pathological examination of biopsy specimens showing colitis with normal architecture of the mucosa. The two most frequent forms of microscopic colitis are lymphocytic colitis and collagenous colitis, but other atypical variants have been described. We report a case of lymphocytic colitis with multinucleated large cells and we discuss a variant of giant cells microscopic colitis.
Duclos
Juliette
J
Service de pathologie, hôpital Saint-Louis, AP-HP, 1, avenue Claude-Vellefaux, 75010 Paris, France.
Kussaibi
Haitham
H
Pacault
Vincent
V
Roussel
Hélène
H
Sandid
Wissam
W
Janin
Anne
A
Bertheau
Philippe
P
D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D046730:Colitis, Lymphocytic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D003113:Colonoscopy; D015726:Giant Cells / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology*; D008139:Loperamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019808:Losartan / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D050198:Phenoxypropanolamines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000627:therapeutic use
D050198:Phenoxypropanolamines; D008139:Loperamide; C009976:moprolol; D019808:Losartan; D013974:Thyroxine; D006854:Hydrocortisone