Microscopic colitis

Microscopic colitis describes a condition of chronic watery diarrhoea in the absence of macroscopic evidence of colonic inflammation or with only subtle endoscopic changes, but with characteristic appearances on histopathological examination of colonic biopsies. It comprises mainly two separate but related conditions of lymphocytic and collagenous colitis, with a third variant called incomplete microscopic colitis that does not fulfil the classical histological criteria. Disease severity ranges from mild and self-limiting to severe and refractory.
Source: Medicine - Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Tags: Inflammatory bowel disease Source Type: research