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Familial Microscopic Colitis [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2001 Collagenous and lymphocytic colitis are two inflammatory conditions of the colon that are often collectively referred to as microscopic colitis. The present report describes what is believed to be the third published case of familial microscopic colitis.
Ayman Assad Abdo +2 more
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Is Microscopic Colitis Really Microscopic? [PDF]
Gut and Liver, 2015 Microscopic colitis (MC) is characterized by chronic watery diarrhea. MC comprises two entities: collagenous colitis (CC) and lymphocytic colitis (LC), which are separated by typical histopathological characteristics. The colonic mucosa appears endoscopically normal in general so it can be diagnosed only by colonic mucosal biopsies. But, macroscopic
Park, Young Sook, Kim, Tae Kyun
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Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2002 Abstract Microscopic colitis is an umbrella term used to include two idiopathic inflammatory bowel disorders that present with chronic watery diarrhea, normal endoscopic findings and characteristic inflammatory changes on histology. Collagenous colitis and lymphocytic colitis are distinguished by the presence of a thickened subepithelial collagen table.
Peter, Tagkalidis +2 more
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Microbial associations with Microscopic Colitis [PDF]
Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology, 2021 ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Microscopic colitis is a relatively common cause of chronic diarrhea and may be linked to luminal factors. Given the essential role of the microbiome in human gut health, analysis of microbiome changes associated with microscopic colitis could provide insights into ...
Sun, Shan +6 more
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Digestive Diseases, 2015 Microscopic colitis (MC) is the common denominator for lymphocytic and collagenous colitis (CC). It is now recognized as a relatively frequent cause of diarrhea that equals the prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease. Patients are typically middle-aged women, but disease may occur at every age.
Bouma, G., Munch, A.S.
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Microscopic Colitis with Escitalopram Use and New Onset Vitiligo
Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2022 Microscopic colitis is a common cause of chronic diarrhea, particularly in patients with autoimmune disorders. Colonic mucosa appears normal and only shows inflammation on histological examination.
Humzah Iqbal, Rakahn Haddadin
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Microscopic colitis: Etiopathology, diagnosis, and rational management
eLife, 2022 Microscopic colitis is an inflammatory bowel disease divided into two subtypes: collagenous colitis and lymphocytic colitis. With an increasing incidence of microscopic colitis exceeding those of ulcerative and Crohn’s disease among elderly people in ...
Ole Haagen Nielsen +3 more
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Microscopic colitis: an update
Medicine and Pharmacy Reports, 2022 Microscopic colitis (MC) is an inflammatory pathology of the bowel diagnosed predominantly in older patients. MC is a cause of chronic watery, non-bloody diarrhea, that affects the older patients, mostly women, and leads to impaired health-related quality of life. The diagnosis and treatment can be often difficult.
Fărcaş, Radu A. +2 more
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Contrasting Autoimmune Comorbidities in Microscopic Colitis and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Life, 2023 Background: Inflammatory bowel diseases (Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis) and microscopic colitis (lymphocytic and collagenous colitis) are immune-mediated diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, with distinct pathophysiology. Objective: We sought
Istvan Fedor, Eva Zold, Zsolt Barta
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Low bone mass in microscopic colitis
BMC Gastroenterology, 2011 Background Microscopic colitis presents with similar symptoms to classic inflammatory bowel diseases. Osteoporosis is a common complication of Crohn's disease but there are no data concerning bone metabolism in microscopic colitis.
Lakatos Péter +6 more
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