Biopsy interpretation of colonic biopsies when inflammatory bowel disease is excluded.
The interpretation of colonic biopsies related to inflammatory conditions can be challenging because the colorectal mucosa has a limited repertoire of morphologic responses to various injurious agents. Only few processes have specific diagnostic features, and many of the various histological patterns reflect severity and duration of the disease. Importantly the correlation with endoscopic and clinical information is often cardinal to arrive at a specific diagnosis in many cases.
Gastrointestinal Pathology Service, Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Warren 219, Boston, MA, USA. tzesk@member.rcpa.edu.au
Tze S
TS
Khor
Hiroshi
H
Fujita
Koji
K
Nagata
Michio
M
Shimizu
Gregory Y
GY
Lauwers
D001706:Biopsy; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003113:Colonoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology*