RT Book, Section
A1 Doherty, Gerard M.
SR Print(0)
ID 58107773
T1 Colitis, Ulcerative
T2 Quick Answers Surgery
YR 2010
FD 2010
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58107773
RD 2024/04/19
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