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Symptomatic Microscopic Colitis Atop Quiescent Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Case Series

Author(s) -

Bryant Megna,

Sumona Saha,

Arnold Wald,

Rashmi Agni,

Kristina A. Matkowskyj,

Freddy Caldera

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

acg case reports journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.112

H-Index - 4

ISSN - 2326-3253

DOI - 10.14309/crj.2017.124

Subject(s) - medicine , inflammatory bowel disease , diarrhea , microscopic colitis , exacerbation , asymptomatic , colitis , gastroenterology , colonoscopy , differential diagnosis , disease , lymphocytic colitis , collagenous colitis , pathology , colorectal cancer , cancer

Microscopic colitis (MC) has rarely been described to be the cause of watery diarrhea in those with established inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and instead has been presented as a herald syndrome to eventual IBD or incidentally found in asymptomatic IBD patients. We report a case series of 7 patients with IBD who presented with a watery diarrheal exacerbation due to new-onset MC. We propose that new-onset MC should be considered in the differential diagnosis of watery diarrhea occurring in patients with long-standing IBD and that evaluation should include colonoscopy with biopsies obtained throughout the colon.

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