Paucicellular & Asymptomatic LC

harvest_table · Post by **harvest_table** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 11:45 pm

This is an excellent link regarding the conversions of LC & CC (read tables 4,5,6,7) and other interesting reading as well. Take your time and read through it carefully.

More recent reports have questioned this dichotomy [3]. Several patients have been observed to convert from one form of colitis to another [4, 5, 6, 7], and larger case series have failed to confirm differences in gender distribution [2, 8], age at presentation [2, 9, 10*], or prognosis [11]. Furthermore, long-term follow-up studies suggest that about 50% of patients initially diagnosed to have CC subsequently convert to LC [11], a finding that may in part reflect the patchy distribution of the thickened collagen band [12, 13, 14]. Indeed, close scrutiny of biopsy specimens suggests that the morphology of the microscopic colitides lies along a continuous spectrum and that there is substantial overlap between the CC and LC [15, 16*].

http://www.treatment-options.com/articl ... pe=Article

I've been unable to access an article I'd like to read -#17 If anyone can come up with the full text and post it here many thanks. It's by Widgren, CC with a protracted course and fatel evolution: report of a case.

Thanks,
Joanna

Post by **tex** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 9:22 am

Joanna,

That's basically what I've been maintaining all along - that LC and CC can segue from one to the other and back at any time, which, as pointed out by the article, probably means that the markers are always there to see, if the biopsies are taken in the right places, and they are properly analyzed.

Here's the abstract on reference #17:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/quer ... t=Abstract

Unfortunately, when you search for the actual full-text article, Pathol Res Pract 1990, 186:303-306, there is an error in the filing system, because it will take you to this article:

http://www.jcge.com/pt/re/jclngastro/ab ... 45!8091!-1

Love,
Tex

starfire · Post by **starfire** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 10:43 am

Really interesting stuff. Thank you both. More incentive to go GF or Paleo.

Love, Shirley

harvest_table · Post by **harvest_table** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 12:34 pm

tex wrote:Joanna,
That's basically what I've been maintaining all along - that LC and CC can segue from one to the other and back at any time, which, as pointed out by the article, probably means that the markers are always there to see, if the biopsies are taken in the right places, and they are properly analyzed.

I know Tex......Do you get excited to see it in print? I do!

Thanks for trying to retrieve that article, I had the same problem with the link. It might be out there somewhere.

Your right Shirley, it's more incentive to try a diet to control our symptoms.

Love,
Joanna

Post by **tex** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 2:05 pm

Hi Joana,

Yep, it is indeed gratifying to see it in print. Thanks for the link.

Love,
Tex

mle_ii · Post by **mle_ii** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 4:26 pm

Ack! I should have posted that long ago, I figured it was common knowlege here.

Sorry.