Microscopic colitis: clinical findings, topography and persistence of histopathological subgroups

Clinical, Histopathological and Immunofluorescent Findings of IgA Nephropathy

Background: IgA nephropathy, a prevalent disease in Asia, is considered the main cause of end stage renal disease among primary glomerular disease. Objective: To determine the frequency of different clinical, histopathological and immunofluorescent characteristics of IgA nephropathy. Methods: Renal biopsies of 376 patients were received for immunofluorescent and for histopathological studies. B...

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Macroscopic Findings of Microscopic Colitis: Quid Videritis

A 64-year-old woman, chronic smoker presented for a colonoscopy due to symptoms of diarrhoea and weight loss; she has been on loperamide and codeine for symptoms relief. Faecal occult blood (for the National bowel screening program) and subsequent stool cultures were negative. In the ascending colon, cat-scratch mucosal lesions were seen (Figure 1a); furthermore, in the distal transverse colon ...

Microscopic Colitis with Macroscopic Endoscopic Findings

Microscopic Colitis (MC) is characterized by chronic watery diarrhea, grossly normal appearing colonic mucosa during conventional white light endoscopy, and biopsy showing microscopic inflammation. We report a case of collagenous colitis with gross endoscopic findings.

Microscopic colitis: a histopathological study of nine cases.

A retrospective histological analysis of colonic biopsies received by the Department of Pathology, University of Malaya during the 4-year-period between 1990 and 1993 revealed nine cases of microscopic colitis (MC). The ages of the patients ranged from 18 to 53 years. Seven patients were females with a female to male ratio of 3.5 :1. The main clinical symptom was chronic diarrhoea of duration v...