Colitis: A Practical Approach to Colon Biopsy Interpretation

✍ Scribed by Karel Geboes, Sonia Nemolato, Maria Leo, Gavino Faa (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 204
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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 lesions in multiple drawings together with an explanatory text and microscopic photographs. The description is completed by a review of various differential diagnostic issues and types of colitis.

Colitis: A Practical Approach to Colon Biopsy Interpretation is aimed at general pathologists and pathologists in training and also gastroenterologists to help them understand how a precise diagnosis can be reached.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
The Normal Biopsy: Mucosa and Submucosa....Pages 1-16
The Endoscopic Biopsy....Pages 17-25
Elementary Lesions of Inflammation....Pages 27-71
Dysplasia....Pages 73-80
Infections....Pages 81-91
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases....Pages 93-125
Treatment-Related Diseases....Pages 127-137
Ischemic Colitis....Pages 139-145
Diverticular Disease-Associated Colitis....Pages 147-149
Eosinophilic Colitis....Pages 151-153
Microscopic Colitis....Pages 155-163
Drug-Induced Colitis....Pages 165-184
Solitary Rectal Ulcer Syndrome....Pages 185-190
The Role of Biopsies in the Treatment of Colitis: Scoring of Disease Activity....Pages 191-196
Back Matter....Pages 197-200

✦ Subjects

Pathology; Gastroenterology