Does rectal sparing ever occur in ulcerative colitis?
Does rectal sparing ever occur in ulcerative colitis?
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溃疡性结肠炎是否会保留直肠?
DOI:
10.1002/ibd.20592
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发表时间:
2008
影响因子:
4.9
通讯作者:
R. Odze
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文献类型:
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作者:
J. Glickman;R. Odze
I t is commonly believed that ulcerative colitis (UC) is characterized by diffuse continuous involvement of the colon, and always involves the rectum. Rectal involvement is a clinical and pathologic hallmark of UC, and is presumed to be involved in all patients at initial presentation, and the rectum is often the most severely inflamed region of the colon in UC. Histologic features of chronic colitis, such as crypt architectural distortion, basal lymphoplasmacytosis, Paneth cell metaplasia, basal lymphoid aggregates, and diffuse mixed inflammation in the lamina propria, among others, may be present as early as 1 week after the onset of clinical symptoms, and are usually well established after 3–4 weeks time.1–3 However, there are several clinical situations in which the rectum may be partially, or completely, spared of active or chronic inflammation, and these are outlined below. It is important to be familiar with these situations so that a misdiagnosis of Crohn’s disease (CD), based on the finding of rectal sparing, can be avoided.