Colitis A Practical Approach to Colon Biopsy Interpretation /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Geboes, Karel (Editor), Nemolato, Sonia (Editor), Leo, Maria (Editor), Faa, Gavino (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Gastroenterology.; Pathology.; Medicine & Public Health.

This concise book explains how to analyze endoscopic mucosal biopsies of the colon obtained for diagnosis and follow up of colitis in general and  inflammatory bowel diseases (ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease and microscopic colitis) in particular. This is achieved by the presentation of basic le...

Table of Contents:

• The Normal Biopsy: Mucosa And Submucosa
• The Endoscopic Biopsy
• Elementary Lesions Of Inflammation
• Dysplasia
• Infections
• Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
• Treatment Related Diseases
• Ischemic Colitis
• Diverticular Disease-Associated Colitis
• Eosinophilic Colitis
• Microscopic Colitis
• Drug-Induced Colitis
• Solitary Rectal Ulcer Syndrome
• The Role Of Biopsies In The Treatment Of Colitis: Scoring Of Disease Activity.