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==Additional images== | ==Additional images== | ||
==References== | [[Image:800px-Cryptitis intermed mag.jpg|thumb]] [[H&E stain]]. | ||
{{Reflist|2}} | [[Image:Colitis_with_granuloma_high_mag.jpg|thumb]] Focal cryptitis and a [[granuloma]]. [[H&E stain]]. | ||
[[Image:Colitis_with_granuloma_intermed_mag.jpg|thumb]] Focal cryptitis and a [[granuloma]]. [[H&E stain]]. | |||
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[[Category:Inflammations]] | [[Category:Inflammations]] | ||
[[Category:Gastroenterology]] | [[Category:Gastroenterology]] | ||
Revision as of 23:57, 23 April 2012
In histology, cryptitis refers to inflammation of an intestinal crypt.
Cryptitis is a non-specific histopathologic finding that is seen in several conditions, e.g. inflammatory bowel disease,[1] diverticular disease,[2] radiation colitis,[3] infectious colitis.
Additional images
Focal cryptitis and a granuloma. H&E stain.
Focal cryptitis and a granuloma. H&E stain.
==References==
- ↑ Al-Hussaini, AA.; Machida, HM.; Butzner, JD. (2003). "Crohn's disease and cheilitis". Can J Gastroenterol. 17 (7): 445–7. PMID 12915919. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ West, AB.; Losada, M. "The pathology of diverticulosis coli". J Clin Gastroenterol. 38 (5 Suppl 1): S11–6. PMID 15115923.
- ↑ Hovdenak, N.; Fajardo, LF.; Hauer-Jensen, M. (2000). "Acute radiation proctitis: a sequential clinicopathologic study during pelvic radiotherapy". Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 48 (4): 1111–7. PMID 11072170. Unknown parameter
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