All were randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trials assessing treatments for biopsy-proven, clinically-active collagenous colitis. The first of these included four patients who received ...

The typical microscopic features of lymphocytic ... chronic inflammation of the lamina propria. In biopsy samples from patients with collagenous colitis, a thickened layer of collagen can be ...

It appears reasonable to test for microscopic colitis in those patients by performing a colonic biopsy. Focal active colitis was found to be more common than expected. Routine biopsy of normal ...

[31] In view of this information, the present study explored if mucosal pathology, including MC, could be identified in IBS patients using microscopic evaluation, given that macroscopically ...