article · GastroHep · 2020

Microscopic colitis

Catriona Scicluna, John Schembri, Pierre Ellul

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Microscopic colitis (MC) is an inflammatory bowel disorder characterized by watery nonbloody diarrhoea. It is more common in females and patients over 50 years of age and its pathophysiology is not fully understood. Clinical biomarkers such as faecal calprotectin are usually normal and symptom overlap with functional disorders may lead to hesitation in proceeding with further investigations, thus delaying the diagnosis. Clinical scores can help predict those at risk of MC, as well as monitor disease activity. Histology is essential in diagnosing MC and its two subtypes, lymphocytic and collagenous colitis. However, recent technological advances have enabled us to describe several subtle macroscopic changes that can alert the keen eyed endoscopist to the presence of the condition. Prescribed medications can account for about 10% of MC cases. Other risk factors include concurrent autoimmune disorders and smoking. Thus, the prescription of appropriate medications together with the assessment for any secondary cause, are essential in the management algorithm of this disease.

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Scicluna, C., Schembri, J., & Ellul, P. (2020). Microscopic colitis. GastroHep, 2(4), 145–156. https://doi.org/10.1002/ygh2.411

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Scicluna, Catriona, et al. “Microscopic colitis.” GastroHep, vol. 2, no. 4, 2020, pp. 145–56, https://doi.org/10.1002/ygh2.411.

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Scicluna, Catriona, John Schembri, and Pierre Ellul. 2020. “Microscopic colitis.” GastroHep 2 (4): 145–56. https://doi.org/10.1002/ygh2.411.

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Scicluna, C., Schembri, J. and Ellul, P. (2020) ‘Microscopic colitis’, GastroHep, 2(4), pp. 145–156. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/ygh2.411.

BibTeX

@article{scicluna2020microscopic,
  title = {{Microscopic colitis}},
  author = {Scicluna, Catriona and Schembri, John and Ellul, Pierre},
  journal = {GastroHep},
  volume = {2},
  number = {4},
  pages = {145--156},
  year = {2020},
  doi = {10.1002/ygh2.411}
}

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