Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Quiz 2) Flashcards
what two diseases does IBD include
- ulcerative colitis
- Chron’s disease
cryptitis, crypt abscess and ulceration are indicative of what condition
- active colitis
what is present in active colitis
- neutrophils
what is it called when neutrophils are present within crypt epithelium
- cryptitis
what is it called when neutrophils are within the crypt lumen
- crypt abscess
what is it called when there is inflammatory disruption of mucosal surface
- ulceration
what is altered crypt architecture and increased lamina propria chronic inflammation indicative of
- chronic colitis
what encompasses altered crypt architecture
- crypt disarray - not uniform in size and distribution
- crypt dropout - loss of crypts (atrophy)
- crypt branching
what is chronic colitis with superimposed active colitis
- chronic active colitis
what is it called when there is an increased number of plasma cells between crypt bases and muscularis mucosae
- basal plasmacytosis
what is IBD characterized by
- chronic recurrent inflammation in GI tract
racial and ethnic populations more likely to get IBD
- white and Jewish
smoking effect on ulcerative colitis
smoking effect on Chrons
- decreased disease activity
- increased disease activity
appendectomy effect on ulcerative colitis
appendectomy effect on Chrons
- protective
- no role`
potential causes of IBD
- genetic susceptibility
- immune dysregulation
- environmental factors