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ReviewVirchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology2018

Diagnostic dilemmas in chronic inflammatory bowel disease.

Maurice B Loughrey, Neil A Shepherd

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Review in Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Chlamydia trachomatis proctitis mimicking an inflammatory bowel disease and hiding human immunodeficiency virus infection.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Maurice B LoughreyDepartment of Histopathology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Grosvenor Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT12 6BA, UK.
Neil A ShepherdGloucestershire Cellular Pathology Laboratory, Cheltenham General Hospital, Sandford Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL53 7AN, UK. neil.a.shepherd@nhs.net.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4228-6580
Cheltenham General Hospital · GBUniversity of Ulster · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Histopathological assessment of biopsy and resection specimens of chronic inflammatory bowel disease (CIBD), or possible CIBD, forms a significant component of the routine workload in most tissue pathology laboratories. In this review, we have chosen selected areas of particular diagnostic difficulty in CIBD pathology, providing key advice for pathology reporting. Those mimics of CIBD which have the greatest potential for misdiagnosis are discussed, particularly the wide range of infectious colitides which represent possible diagnostic pitfalls. The most important distinguishing features between the two main forms of CIBD, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, are addressed, first in relation to resection specimens, and then with emphasis on features which may also be diagnostically useful in endoscopic biopsy material. The importance of assessment of the index endoscopic specimen is stressed, before treatment has been instigated, along with careful correlation with clinical and endoscopic features. Problems in the assessment of post-surgical CIBD specimens are described and then the role of upper gastrointestinal pathology specimens in diagnosing both Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, with increased recognition of upper gastrointestinal tract involvement in the latter condition. Finally, with recent developments in endoscopic surveillance techniques and local excision options, modern approaches to reporting and managing neoplasia complicating CIBD are reviewed.

Indexed as

Chronic DiseaseHumansInflammatory Bowel DiseasesBiopsy pathologyCrohn’s diseaseDiverticular colitisDysplasiaInfective colitisInflammatory bowel diseaseUlcerative colitis

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PMID29103205
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