Microscopic colitis: an unfamiliar but treatable disease.
Neth J Med
; 67(2): 41-5, 2009 Feb.
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| ID: mdl-19299845
ABSTRACT
Chronic diarrhoea is a frequent complaint in clinical practice. Microscopic colitis is the cause of this symptom in 10% of these cases and the prevalence is rising. To exclude microscopic colitis a colonoscopy with multiple biopsies of different regions of the colon is mandatory. A sigmoidoscopy alone is insufficient. Two histopathological types of microscopic colitis can be distinguished collagenous colitis and lymphocytic colitis. Nowadays, there is sufficient evidence to recommend budesonide as the first-choice treatment. Bismuth can also be recommended, but this drug is not easily available in the Netherlands. Evidence of efficacy of other drugs is scant.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Bismuto
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Budesonida
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Colite Colagenosa
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Colite Linfocítica
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Antiácidos
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Anti-Inflamatórios
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Article