The cause of lymphocytic colitis remains unclear. At present, this disease is considered to represent a specific immunological response of the colonic mucosa to various noxious luminal agents in ...

Five of the 10 refractory patients had collagenous sprue as a distinct histologic marker of refractory disease. Colon. There is a strong association between CD and lymphocytic colitis. Du Bois and ...

Microscopic colitis can be identified in patients with diarrhea predominant IBS and in women of older age with IBS. It appears reasonable to test for microscopic colitis in those patients by ...