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Table 8 Histopathological findings

From: A decade of inflammatory bowel disease: a single center experience in Egypt

Biopsy findings

Aggregation of polymorph nuclear leukocytes

Positive

133 (78.7%)

Negative

36 (21.3%)

Cryptitis

Positive

133 (78.7%)

Negative

36 (21.3%)

Infiltration of lamina propria

Positive

116 (68.6%)

Negative

53 (31.4%)

Depletion of goblet cells

Positive

114 (67.5%)

Negative

55 (32.5%)

Thickened muscularis mucosa

Positive

30 (17.8%)

Negative

139 (82.2%)

Dysplasia

Positive

7 (4.1%)

Negative

162 (95.9%)

Degree of dysplasia

Mild

6 (85.7%)

Moderate

1 (14.3%)

Malignancy

Positive

0 (0.0%)

Negative

169 (100.0%)

Granuloma (CD patients)

Positive

23 (69.7%)

Negative

10 (30.3%)

  1. CD Crohn’s disease