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ReviewPathologica2021

Histopathology of IBD Colitis. A practical approach from the pathologists of the Italian Group for the study of the gastrointestinal tract (GIPAD).

Vincenzo Villanacci, Luca Reggiani-Bonetti, Tiziana Salviato, Giuseppe Leoncini, Moris Cadei, Luca Albarello, Alessandro Caputo, Maria Costanza Aquilano, Serena Battista, Paola Parente

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Review in Pathologica, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Vincenzo VillanacciInstitute of Pathology, Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy.
Luca Reggiani-BonettiDepartment of Diagnostic, Clinic and Public Health Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
Tiziana SalviatoDepartment of Diagnostic, Clinic and Public Health Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
Giuseppe LeonciniPathology Unit, ASST del Garda, Desenzano del Garda (BS), Italy.
Moris CadeiInstitute of Pathology, Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy.
Luca AlbarelloPathology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy.
Alessandro CaputoUniversity Hospital "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi D'Aragona", Salerno, Italy.
Maria Costanza AquilanoInstitute of Pathology ASST Niguarda, Milan, Italy.
Serena BattistaInstitute of Pathology S. Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Udine, Italy.
Paola ParenteUnit of Pathology, Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Casa Sollievo Della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo (FG), Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) are lifelong disorders in which an interaction between genetic and environmental factors is involved. IBDs include two entities: Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC); these can be adequately diagnosed and distinguished with a correct methodological approach based on communicating exhaustive clinical, endoscopic and laboratory information to the pathologist and performing adequate bioptic sampling and precise morphological signs including crypt architecture, distribution of inflammation and granulomas, when present. IBD needs to be distinguished from non-IBD colitis, mostly at its onset. Moreover, IBDs are associated with an increased risk of developing colorectal adenocarcinoma. In daily pathological practice, correct diagnosis of IBD and its subclassification as well as a correct detection of dysplasia is imperative to establish the best therapeutic approach.

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ColitisInflammatory Bowel DiseasesHumansItalyPathologistsCrohn’s diseasedysplasiainflammatory bowel diseaseintestinal cancerulcerative colitis

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PMID33686309
PMCPMC8138698

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