BACKGROUND Clinical presentation in microscopic colitis (MC) is similar in many cases to that of diarrhea-predominent irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D). The proper differential diagnosis requires total colonoscopy with multiple biopsies from normal-appearing mucosa and a detailed histopathological exam. Specific treatment may improve symptomatology. AIM To evaluate the prevalence of MC in pati...

OBJECTIVE To describe microscopic colitis (MC) and a stepwise approach to its diagnosis and management. QUALITY OF EVIDENCE MEDLINE was searched from January 1996 to August 2002. Controlled trials were sought, but due to their relative rarity, most articles cited are well designed retrospective studies and reviews. MAIN MESSAGE Microscopic colitis in both its collagenous and lymphocytic forms i...

members of the genus gongylonema  are nematodes that commonly infect ruminants, particularly sheep and goats. an 11-year-old donkey mare was referred to the veterinary teaching hospital, school of veterinary medicine, ferdowsi university of mashhad, mashhad, northeastern iran, with a history of acute colitis. at post-mortem examination, there were several white to pink zigzag tracks in the muco...

Budesonide is the treatment of choice for microscopic colitis because of its excellent risk to benefit ratio. It is a potent, well-absorbed corticosteroid, but because of a high rate of first-pass metabolism in the liver, its systemic bioavailability is low. It has fewer corticosteroid-related adverse effects than prednisone, and adrenal suppression is considered to be rare. We present a middle...

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 is a syndrome of chronic watery diarrhoea for which no cause can be identified other than the presence of diffuse, chronic inflammation in the lamina propria on colonic biopsy. Endoscopically and radiologically the colon appears normal. We studied case records of 215 patients presenting to our institution over a three year period with chronic diarrhoea. Nineteen patients wer...

Microscopic colitis (MC) is an inflammatory condition of the large bowel that is associated with chronic, nonbloody diarrhea. Colonoscopy usually demonstrates normal mucosa, while tissue biopsy reveals intraepithelial lymphocytes or a subepithelial collagen band. Although no specific antibody has been discovered, MC is associated with several autoimmune disorders such as celiac disease, Hashimo...

Microscopic colitis (MC) often debuts around or after menopause and is divided into lymphocytic- and collagenous colitis. The aim of this study was to examine whether factors influencing sex hormone levels differed between subgroups of MC as well as between patients and controls. A self-administered questionnaire about parity was completed which included questions surrounding age at first child...

OBJECTIVE The association between smoking and idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease is well known; smoking seems to have a diverse effect. Crohn's disease is associated with smoking, while ulcerative colitis is associated with non-smoking. Data on smoking in microscopic colitis of the collagenous type (CC) are lacking. The aim of this investigation was to study smoking habits in CC and to obser...

INTRODUCTION The microscopic colitis (MC) is characterized by the presence of aqueous chronic diarrhea (ACD) with inflammatory elements in the colon only detectable by microscopy. OBJECTIVES To know the prevalence of MC in the group of patients with ACD attending the Endoscopy Service of the British Hospital from Montevideo. MATERIAL AND METHODS We retrospectively included patients with ACD...