Cryptitis
Sign in to savethumb|upright=0.75|right|Micrograph showing cryptitis in a case of [[Crohn's disease. H&E stain.]] In histology, cryptitis refers to inflammation of an intestinal crypt.
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thumb|upright=0.75|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 is a non-specific histopathologic finding that is seen in several conditions, e.g. inflammatory bowel disease, diverticular disease, radiation colitis, infectious colitis.
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