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[[File:400px-Cryptitis high mag.jpg|thumb|right|[[Micrograph]] showing '''cryptitis''' in a case of [[Crohn's disease]]. [[H&E stain]].]]
In [[histology]], '''cryptitis''' refers to [[inflammation]] of an [[intestinal crypt]].  


'''Cryptitis'''
Cryptitis is a non-specific histopathologic finding that is seen in several conditions, e.g. [[inflammatory bowel disease]],<ref name=pmid12915919>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Al-Hussaini | first1 = AA. | last2 = Machida | first2 = HM. | last3 = Butzner | first3 = JD. | title = Crohn's disease and cheilitis. | journal = Can J Gastroenterol | volume = 17 | issue = 7 | pages = 445–7 | month = Jul | year = 2003 | doi =  | PMID = 12915919 }}</ref> [[diverticular disease]],<ref name=pmid15115923>{{Cite journal  | last1 = West | first1 = AB. | last2 = Losada | first2 = M. | title = The pathology of diverticulosis coli. | journal = J Clin Gastroenterol | volume = 38 | issue = 5 Suppl 1 | pages = S11-6 | month =  | year =  | doi =  | PMID = 15115923 }}</ref> radiation colitis,<ref name=pmid11072170>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Hovdenak | first1 = N. | last2 = Fajardo | first2 = LF. | last3 = Hauer-Jensen | first3 = M. | title = Acute radiation proctitis: a sequential clinicopathologic study during pelvic radiotherapy. | journal = Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys | volume = 48 | issue = 4 | pages = 1111–7 | month = Nov | year = 2000 | doi =  | PMID = 11072170 }}</ref> infectious [[colitis]].


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[[Image:800px-Cryptitis intermed mag.jpg|left|thumb|[[H&E stain]]]]
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= Overview = 
[[Image:400px-Colitis with granuloma high mag.jpg|left|thumb|Focal cryptitis and a [[granuloma]]. [[H&E stain]].]]


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[[Image:800px-Colitis with granuloma intermed mag.jpg|left|thumb|Focal cryptitis and a [[granuloma]]. [[H&E stain]].]]
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Micrograph showing cryptitis in a case of Crohn's disease. H&E stain.

In histology, cryptitis refers to inflammation of an intestinal crypt.

Cryptitis is a non-specific histopathologic finding that is seen in several conditions, e.g. inflammatory bowel disease,[1] diverticular disease,[2] radiation colitis,[3] infectious colitis.

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H&E stain
Focal cryptitis and a granuloma. H&E stain.
Focal cryptitis and a granuloma. H&E stain.

References

  1. Al-Hussaini, AA.; Machida, HM.; Butzner, JD. (2003). "Crohn's disease and cheilitis". Can J Gastroenterol. 17 (7): 445–7. PMID 12915919. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  2. West, AB.; Losada, M. "The pathology of diverticulosis coli". J Clin Gastroenterol. 38 (5 Suppl 1): S11–6. PMID 15115923.
  3. Hovdenak, N.; Fajardo, LF.; Hauer-Jensen, M. (2000). "Acute radiation proctitis: a sequential clinicopathologic study during pelvic radiotherapy". Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 48 (4): 1111–7. PMID 11072170. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)