| Theme |
Differential diagnosis for common enterocolitis, especially in endoscopic findings |
| Title |
Collagenous colitis |
| Author |
Mitsuyuki Murano |
Murano Clinic |
| Author |
Naoko Murano |
Murano Clinic |
| Author |
Takuya Inoue |
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka Medical College |
| Author |
Ken Narabayashi |
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka Medical College |
| Author |
Yosuke Abe |
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka Medical College |
| Author |
Ken Kawakami |
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka Medical College |
| Author |
Yutaro Egashira |
Department of Pathology, Osaka Medical College |
| Author |
Kazuhide Higuchi |
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka Medical College |
| [ Summary ] |
Collagenous colitis is defined as an idiopathic inflammatory intestinal disease and a chronic diarrheal disease with scarce endoscope features.
Recently, colonoscopic endoscopes have markedly improved the diagnosis of colonic inflammatory diseases. Specific endoscopic features of collagenous colitis include coarse and nodular surfaces of the mucosa, red spots, aphthoid lesions, mucosal tears, crowded tortuous vascular patterns, and diffuse mucosal cloudiness. In this article, we describe the pathology and specific endoscopic findings, as well as efficient definite diagnoses of collagenous colitis. |