scholarly journals Prevalence of microscopic colitis in patients with chronic diarrhea

2018 ◽  
pp. 841
Author(s):  
Gokhan Pektas ◽  
Meral Sozen ◽  
Ayhan Vurmaz ◽  
Osman Ersoy
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Diarrhea ◽  
Microscopic Colitis

scholarly journals Familial Microscopic Colitis

2001 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 341-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayman Assad Abdo ◽  
Peter Jeffrey Zetler ◽  
Lawrence S Halparin
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Diarrhea ◽  
Present Report ◽  
Disease Process ◽  
Collagenous Colitis ◽  
Microscopic Colitis ◽  
Familial Occurrence ◽  
Lymphocytic Colitis ◽  
The Third ◽  
Inflammatory Conditions ◽  
Colonic Biopsy

Collagenous and lymphocytic colitis are two inflammatory conditions of the colon that are often collectively referred to as microscopic colitis. The present report describes what is believed to be the third published case of familial microscopic colitis. A 55-year-old woman who suffered from chronic diarrhea was diagnosed with lymphocytic colitis on colonic biopsy. Subsequently, her 36-year-old daughter was diagnosed with collagenous colitis. The familial occurrence of these diseases may support an immunological hypothesis for their etiology. In addition, it supports the assumption that collagenous and lymphocytic colitis are two manifestations of the same disease process rather than two completely separate entities. The familial tendency of this disease may make a case for early colonoscopy and biopsy in relatives of patients diagnosed with microscopic colitis if they present with suggestive symptoms.

scholarly journals Microscopic Colitis: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Current Management—An Update 2013

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Alexander Storr
Keyword(s):  
Colonic Mucosa ◽  
Chronic Diarrhea ◽  
Treatment Options ◽  
Correct Diagnosis ◽  
Collagenous Colitis ◽  
Microscopic Colitis ◽  
Normal Colonic Mucosa ◽  
Clinical Value ◽  
Current Management ◽  
And Gender

Microscopic colitis is a common cause of chronic diarrhea. Over the last years the incidence and the prevalence of microscopic colitis are rising and this rise is largely attributed to a rising awareness, and concomitantly an increasing number of diagnoses are made. Patients with microscopic colitis report watery, nonbloody diarrhea of chronic, intermittent, or chronic recurrent course. Following an unremarkable physical examination the diagnosis of microscopic colitis is made by colonoscopy, which shows essentially a normal colonic mucosa. Biopsies taken during the colonoscopy procedure will then finally establish the correct diagnosis. Histological workup can then confirm a diagnosis of microscopic colitis and can distinguish the two distinct histological forms, namely, collagenous colitis and lymphocytic colitis. Presently both forms are diagnosed and treated in the same way; thus the description of the two forms is not of clinical value, though this may change in future. Depending on the patients age and gender 10–30% of patients investigated for chronic diarrhea will be diagnosed with microscopic colitis if biopsies are taken. Microscopic colitis is most common in older patients, especially in female patients and is frequently associated with autoimmune disorders and the consumption of several drugs. This review summarizes the present knowledge of the epidemiology, the pathophysiology, and the diagnosis of microscopic colitis and discusses the former and the present treatment options.

scholarly journals Epidemiology and Clinical Outcomes of Microscopic Colitis: Preliminary Results From the Loyola University Microscopic Colitis Registry (LUMiCoR)

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Poornima Oruganti ◽  
Rehmat Awan ◽  
Xianzhong Ding ◽  
Michael Wesolowski ◽  
Ayokunle T. Abegunde
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Chart Review ◽  
Tricyclic Antidepressants ◽  
Chronic Diarrhea ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Microscopic Colitis ◽  
Common Cause ◽  
Term Data

Microscopic colitis (MC) is a common cause of chronic diarrhea with limited long-term data. We searched the pathology records at our institution from 2008 to 2018 to identify cases of MC. Total sample included patients with either a diagnosis of MC or incomplete MC (MCi).Chart review was performed and data were summarized for descriptive statistics. Logistic regression was used to estimate the unadjusted effects of predictors on MC. A total of 216 patients (88.32% white, 80.56% females, mean age 67.12 +/– 15.79) were studied; 50.00% had CC, 40.28% had LC and 9.72% had MCi. Majority (52.31%) were smokers and 21.84% of females were using some form of hormonal therapy. The odds of LC in reference to CC were significantly higher for those using tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) (OR: 3.23, 95% C.I: 1.18–8.80, p = 0.02). The odds of smoking, statins, aspirin and beta-blocker use were decreased in MCi in reference to CC (all p < 0.05), 29 (74.35%) patients with unresolved symptoms underwent repeat colonoscopies with biopsies. One case of MCi resolved, 8 (72.73%) out of 11 cases of LC resolved, 2 (18.18%) continued to be LC and 1 (9.09%) transformed to CC, 8 (47.06%) out of 17 cases of CC resolved, 8 (47.06%) continued to be CC and 1 (5.88%) transformed to LC. Majority of patients had CC. TCA use resulted in increased odds of LC in reference to CC. Biopsies from repeat colonoscopies in some patients revealed changes in the pathological diagnoses raising the question of interchangeability of MC (CC to LC and vice versa).

Optimization of a Scoring System to Predict Microscopic Colitis in a Cohort of Patients With Chronic Diarrhea

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 228-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas G. Cotter ◽  
Moritz Binder ◽  
Eugene P. Harper ◽  
Thomas C. Smyrk ◽  
Darrell S. Pardi
Keyword(s):  
Scoring System ◽  
Chronic Diarrhea ◽  
Microscopic Colitis

Sa1410 Optimization of a Scoring System to Predict Microscopic Colitis in a Cohort of Patients With Chronic Diarrhea

2016 ◽  
Vol 150 (4) ◽  
pp. S308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas G. Cotter ◽  
Moritz Binder ◽  
Thomas Smyrk ◽  
Eugene P. Harper ◽  
Darrell Pardi
Keyword(s):  
Scoring System ◽  
Chronic Diarrhea ◽  
Microscopic Colitis

scholarly journals Description of Colonoscopy and Histopathology of Chronic Diarrhea Causes in Non-Neoplasm: Literature Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-59
Author(s):  
Afifah Sakdyyah ◽  
Muhammad Begawan Bestari ◽  
Sri Suryanti
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Chronic Diarrhea ◽  
Microscopic Colitis ◽  
Differential Diagnoses ◽  
Definite Diagnosis ◽  
Infectious Colitis ◽  
Common Cause

Chronic diarrhea is a diarrhea symptom which persists for ≥ 4 weeks as a symptom of a disease. Chronic diarrhea is a symptom which often becomes the patient’s cause to be referred to gastroenterology. In general, the prevalence of chronic diarrhea is approximated to be 5% in each populations, but there are obstacles in diagnosing the cause of chronic diarrhea, due to many differential diagnoses of the cause of chronic diarrhea. The cause of chronic diarrhea could be neoplasm and non-neoplasm. In several studies, through results of colonoscopy and histopathology, it was found that the most common cause of chronic diarrhea was non-neoplasm, including IBD, microscopic colitis as a risk factor, and infectious colitis as a differential diagnosis. Each of those diseases has similar symptoms, but different pathological description. Through descriptions of colonoscopy and histopathology of chronic diarrhea causes, it is possible to differentiate each non-neoplasm causes of chronic diarrhea. It could facilitate in finding the differences among the causes of chronic diarrhea especially in non-neoplasm cases, therefore possibly establishing a definite diagnosis. 

Microscopic colitis and chronic diarrhea

1985 ◽  
Vol 89 (4) ◽  
pp. 918-919
Author(s):  
J.G. Sweeting
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Diarrhea ◽  
Microscopic Colitis
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