Ulcerative Colitis

Ulcerative Colitis •An acute inflammatory process is present with polys infiltrating lamina propria and crypt walls •The glands show evidence of an underlying chronic process with the wide spacing of crypts indicating loss of crypts and the distorted "Y" shaped crypt giving evidence of previous damage and repair •This combination of findings indicates an active phase of chronic inflammatory bowel disease •In the presence of the acute inflammatory activity, it would be potentially dangerous to evaluate for dysplasia (Description By:Martin Nadel,M.D. ) (Image Contrib. by:Martin Nadel,M.D. UCHC )