Back التهاب القولون المجهري Arabic Colitis microscòpica Catalan Mikroskopische Colitis German Colitis microscópica Spanish Colite microscopique French Colite microscopica Italian Microscopische colitis Dutch Mikroskopowe zapalenie jelita grubego Polish Colite microscópica Portuguese Mikroskopická kolitída Slovak
| Microscopic colitis | |
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| Micrograph of collagenous colitis, a type of microscopic colitis. H&E stain. | |
| Specialty | Gastroenterology |
| Symptoms | Persistent diarrhea |
| Types | Lymphocytic colitis, collagenous colitis |
| Diagnostic method | Endoscopic biopsy of colonic mucosa |
| Differential diagnosis | Bile acid diarrhea, celiac disease, lactose malabsorption, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, infectious colitis[1][2] |
| Medication | Loperamide, Bismuth subsalicylate, Budesonide |
| Frequency | 103 cases per 100,000 persons[2] |
Microscopic colitis refers to two related medical conditions which cause diarrhea: collagenous colitis and lymphocytic colitis.[2][3] Both conditions are characterized by the presence of chronic non-bloody watery diarrhea, normal appearances on colonoscopy and characteristic histopathology findings of inflammatory cells.[1]
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