Microscopic colitis: what's in a name? An overview from clinical and histological perspectives

Microscopic colitis presents as chronic watery diarrhoea and leads to a significant disease burden. Specific histological characteristics are key to diagnosing microscopic colitis and to specify its subtypes collagenous colitis or lymphocytic colitis. Histological hallmarks of microscopic colitis are an increased inflammatory infiltrate in the lamina  propria without significant crypt architectural distortion and intraepithelial lymphocytosis, which is generally more prominent in lymphocytic colitis.
Source: Diagnostic Histopathology - Category: Pathology Authors: Tags: Mini-symposium: gastrointestinal and hepato-pancreato-biliary pathology Source Type: research