Acute Colitis

Acute Colitis •Higher power view shows an acute inflammatory process superimposed on an inderlying mucosa which shows no evidence of chronic disease •There is focal necrosis of the surface epithelium with an infiltrate of polys •Focal hemorrhage is seen •An infiltrate of polys is also seen involving crypt epithelium and the lamina propria (Description By:Marin Nadel, M.D. ) (Image Contrib. by:Marin Nadel, M.D. UCHC )