TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Colitis, Ulcerative A1 - Doherty, Gerard M. Y1 - 2010 N1 - T2 - Quick Answers Surgery AB - • Diffuse inflammatory disease confined to mucosa and submucosa• Crypts of Lieberkühn abscesses• Most commonly affects rectum• May spread to involve entire colon and distal ileum (backwash ileitis)• Diseased areas are contiguous• Increase in colorectal cancer risk SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58107773 ER -