Lymphocytic venulitis: an unusual association with microscopic colitis
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Lymphocytic venulitis: an unusual association with microscopic colitis.
A 79 year old man presented with occult gastrointestinal bleeds and anaemia for two years. He had received 40 units of blood over a period of one year, following which he had a subtotal colectomy as no definite cause of the bleeding was apparent. Macroscopically the colon appeared unremarkable. Light microscopy showed prominent lymphocytic venulitis in the proximal portion, gradually merging in...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Pathology
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0021-9746
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.52.4.303