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Endoscopic features

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The endoscopic features of ulcerative colitis are:

  • the disease is continuous
  • the rectum is always involved
  • there are no fissures except in fulminating disease
  • inflammatory 'pseudo' polyps common and extensive
  • the skip lesions seen in Crohn's disease are not present

Reference

  1. Magro F, Langner C, Driessen A, et al; European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation; European Society of Pathology. European consensus on the histopathology of inflammatory bowel disease. J Crohns Colitis. 2013 Nov;7(10):827-51.

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