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diversion colitis
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Definition: Diversion colitis (DC) is a localized, relatively benign, iatrogenic condition which occurs in almost 100% of diverted colonic segments in patients who undergo ileostomy/colostomy for various reasons.
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prominent colonic follicular lymphoid hyperplasia (100%)
chronic mucosal inflammation (100%)
acute mucosal inflammation (78%)
Paneth cell metaplasia (26%)
mild goblet cell depletion (22%)
foci of colonic cryptitis (13%)
colonic crypt abscesses (13%)
mild colonic mucosal architectural distortion (22%)
colonic mucosal aggregates of eosinophils (43%)
References
Vujanic GM, Dojcinov SD. Diversion colitis in children: an iatrogenic appendix vermiformis? Histopathology. 2000 Jan;36(1):41-6. PMID: 10632750
Komorowski RA. Histologic spectrum of diversion colitis. Am J Surg Pathol. 1990 Jun;14(6):548-54. PMID: 2337203