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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-8-11
pubmed:abstractText
A comparison between histologic and colonoscopic extension of ulcerative colitis was made in 107 examinations (83 patients). During colonoscopy signs of inflammation were registered, and biopsy specimens were taken from the following gut segments: rectum, left colon, transverse colon, and right colon. Inflammatory activity in the specimens was graded in accordance with severity in a scale from one to five. Endoscopically, total colitis was seen in 40 examinations but was present in 70 examinations histologically. In 34 of 107 examinations the extension of disease was underestimated at colonoscopy. A slight inflammation existed in those segments that appeared normal colonoscopically. Our conclusion is that the extension of ulcerative colitis often is underestimated endoscopically and that inflammatory activity can be present in mucosa assessed as normal on colonoscopy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0036-5521
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
459-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Histologic and colonoscopic assessment of disease extension in ulcerative colitis.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study