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Collagenous colitis: A transient condition?

Report of two cases

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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We have seen two patients with watery diarrhea whose work-up revealed a collagenous infiltration beneath the rectal epithelium. Within a year, symptoms disappeared in both. Repeated rectal biopsy revealed the disappearance of the collagen layer. Collagenous colitis may thus present as a transient condition.

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  1. Départment of Médecine Interne, Clinique Saint-Pierre, Ottignies, Département d'Anatomie Pathologique, Clinique Saint-Luc, 1340 Ottignies, Bruxelles, Belgium

    J. C. Debongnie M.D., C. De Galocsy M.D., M. Oana Caholessur M.D. & J. Haot M.D.

  2. Institut de Morphologie Pathologique, Loverval, Belgium

    J. C. Debongnie M.D., C. De Galocsy M.D., M. Oana Caholessur M.D. & J. Haot M.D.

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Debongnie, J.C., De Galocsy, C., Caholessur, M.O. et al. Collagenous colitis: A transient condition?. Dis Colon Rectum 27, 672–676 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02553363

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