Squamous-cell metaplasia with severe dysplasia of the colonic mucosa in ulcerative colitis. Report of a case

Dis Colon Rectum. 1988 Jul;31(7):558-62. doi: 10.1007/BF02553732.

Abstract

Squamous-cell metaplasia in the colonic mucosa alone in ulcerative colitis has not been reported before. A case is presented where such changes were found in relation to strictures in the transverse and sigmoid colon in a male, aged 41, with a 27-year history of ulcerative colitis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Colitis, Ulcerative / complications
  • Colitis, Ulcerative / diagnostic imaging
  • Colitis, Ulcerative / pathology*
  • Colon / diagnostic imaging
  • Colon / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Mucosa / pathology*
  • Intestinal Obstruction / etiology
  • Intestinal Obstruction / pathology
  • Male
  • Metaplasia
  • Radiography