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Murine Ileocolic Bowel Resection with Primary Anastomosis
Published on: October 29, 2014
Diversion colitis. Pathologic findings in a resected sigmoid colon and rectum
F E Murray1, M J O'Brien, D H Birkett
1Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02218.
Abstract:
We present here the detailed pathologic findings in the resected colon and rectum from a paraplegic patient with severely symptomatic diversion colitis and lack of anorectal function. Previous reports of the pathology of this condition have been confined to biopsy findings. A diffuse nodularity caused by lymphoid hyperplasia and an inflammatory process confined to the colorectal mucosa with erosions, crypt abscesses, mucin granulomas, and aphthoid ulcers were the main features. There was minimal distortion of crypt architecture. The pathologic features of this entity are compared to those of other inflammatory disorders of the colon and rectum.
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