Blow Up of Total Villous Atrophy of the Small Intestine

Gluten Sensitive Enteropathy

•Total villous atrophy is seen with complete flattening of the mucosa
•Substantial infiltrates of chronic inflammatory cells are seen in the lamina propria
•The surface epithelium also show infiltration by numerous lymphocytes

(Description By:Martin Nadel, M.D. )

(Image Contrib. by:Martin Nadel, M.D. UCHC )