Lymphocytic venulitis: an unusual association with microscopic colitis

Authors
Arora, DS Mahmood, T Wyatt, JI
Citation
Ds. Arora et al., Lymphocytic venulitis: an unusual association with microscopic colitis, J CLIN PATH, 52(4), 1999, pp. 303-304
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Research/Laboratory Medicine & Medical Tecnology","Medical Research Diagnosis & Treatment
Journal title
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY
ISSN journal
00219746 → ACNP
Volume
52
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
303 - 304
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9746(199904)52:4<303:LVAUAW>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
A 79 year old man presented with occult gastrointestinal bleeds and anaemia for two years. He had received 40 units of blood over a period of one year , following which he had a subtotal colectomy as no definite cause of the b leeding was apparent. Macroscopically the colon appeared unremarkable. Ligh t microscopy showed prominent lymphocytic venulitis in the proximal portion , gradually merging into lymphocytic and collagenous colitis distally.