I am looking over medical records of a colonoscopy that I had done. The pathology report says they found focal active colitis with focal ulceration along with active cryptitis with crypt abscess formation. What exactly are those? All I know is that my doc diagnosed me with Crohn's when it was done back in 2005 (along with an upper GI). But now that I am reading my records I am curious as to what exactly they found. I can't seem to find a good explanation online.
2007-03-07 10:51:04 · 3 answers · asked by tiredbutwiredlove 4 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
Crypt abscesses are abscesses which form in the folds of the colon. Focal active colitis mean that there are isolated areas of colitis, it isn't all over the colon. Ulceration explains itself.
2007-03-07 10:58:35 · answer #1 · answered by huggz 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh my, it's very helpful to look at Crohn's disease first and then you'll be able to find the Colonoscopy procedure. By the way, you might want to type in "regional enteritis" on the search box. It's another name for Crohn's disease. But, I searched a layman's term for you here:
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/crohns/
I hope this helps. ^^
Avoid spicy foods t_t
EDIT: Oh, my bad Jessie... sorry about that.. I meant regional enteritis. I always mix up those two words when I was in class ^^ Thanks for the correction. ^^
2007-03-07 11:05:30 · answer #2 · answered by serenity 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
FYI to serenity: ulcerative colitis and Crohn's are not the same thing.
2007-03-07 14:59:44 · answer #3 · answered by RadTech - BAS RT(R)(ARRT) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋