What is the natural history of a patient with non-specific colitis on large bowel histology?
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From the histologic point of view colitis is microscopic inflammation of the colon. Colitis may be acute or chronic, diffuse or focal based on the etiological factor(s) and the type and distribution of the inflammatory infiltrate that prevails in the colon. Very often the pathologist encounters acute inflammation superimposed on chronic inflammation; this may be indicative of an acute exacerbation of chronic colitis, as is the case in a recent flare of chronic ulcerative colitis.
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