Colon biopsy
Mucosal tissue obtained during colonoscopy is sent to a pathology laboratory for a pathologist to evaluate.
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Where do I go to get a colon biopsy done?
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A 45-year old asked:
How long does it take for colon biopsy to heal?
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A 30-year old asked:
How long do colon biopsy results take?
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A 27-year old female asked:
Does a colon biopsy during colonoscopy cause pain?
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A 34-year old asked:
Will a colon biopsy affect pregnancy?
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A 40-year old female asked:
Random colon biopsy: colonic mucosa with large lymphoid aggregates. What does this mean?
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A male asked:
C. Left colon, biopsy: Colonic mucosa with significant pathologic change. What does this mean?
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A 39-year old female asked:
I was diagnosed with Crohn's 10 years ago by colon biopsy. Had a colonoscopy last year and new doc said he saw no traces of crohn's..Is that possible?
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A 27-year old female asked:
Colon biopsy reads fragments of colonic mucosa with small lymphoid aggregates and focal surface hyper plastic changes? what does this mean?
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A 51-year old female asked:
Could lymphoma be diagnosed with a small bowel ot colon biopsy?
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A 27-year old female asked:
Will a colon biopsy confirm a positive test for ulcerative colitis?
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A 26-year old male asked:
Colonoscopy showed erythema of areas of colon- biopsies done and nothing found is this the sign of autoimmune like scleroderma? I know it affectsbowel
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A 32-year old female asked:
Do you get macrophages and crypt changes on colon biopsies from a stomach virus?
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A female asked:
This was written on my colonoscopy result and I am unsure what it means. Right colon, biopsy: Colonic mucosa with intramucosal lymphoid aggregate ?
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A 33-year old male asked about a 74-year old male:
Colon biopsy:huge tubulovillous adenoma with marked atypia, multi foci adenocarcinoma in situ &one tiny focus suggestive of micro invasion.Is it cancer?
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A 45-year old male asked:
Terminal illeum normal mucosa seen a single diverticulum seen in the ascending colon mild erythema noted in signoid colon-biopsied rest colon mucosa was normal including rectum on retroflexion?
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A 26-year old male asked:
Colonscopy showed Erythematous mucosa in the distal sigmoid colon. Biopsied. biopsy showed Benign colonic mucosa with mild edema and focus with histologic features suggestive of chronic ischemic changes. Concerned?
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A 43-year old male asked:
On my colon biopsy it shows benign colonic mucosa with moderately increased chronic inflammation in the lamina propria with an increase in lymphoid aggregates. The report also says no evidence of IBD or microscopic colitis. Is this a normal finding?
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A female asked:
Found blood in my stool, have ulcerative colitis, colonoscopy found inflmed rectum and transverse colon, biopsied these, meaning?
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A 51-year old female asked:
P-Anca results high and IBS-D issues alleviated by Cholestrayamine. Colonoscopies every 1-3 years for colon polyps removals since age 30. Only abnormal colon biopsy results have been lymphocytic colitis and an colon adenoma. No UC dx? Ideas?
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A 32-year old male asked:
What would cause the colon to have a grainy texture and nodularity and mucus in the sigmoid colon if biopsies are negative?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Taking salofalk for more tha a year now for chronic inflammation of the colon as biopsy result but my ESR is always elevated.. Should i stop?
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A 31-year old male asked:
Is colon/esophagus biopsy only meant to detect cancer?Or do they detect any other condition as well?If yes, please list them even if the list is long.
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A 45-year old female asked:
My colonoscopy says normal mucosa was noted through the whole colon random biopsies were taken throughout colon for microscopic colitis? Is she looking for cancer or just the colitis?
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A male asked:
My colonoscopy microscopic diagnosis: transverse colon polyp biopsy: polypoid colonic mucosa with mild nonspecific chronic inflamation...what is this?
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A 68-year old male asked:
After a general screening colonoscopy, the gastroenterologist sent my sessile colon tumor biopsy to the lab and the report was completed. When I saw him a month later again to have it removed, would he have said if it was cancerous? Maybe yes or no?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Could lupus cause mild inflammatory changes on colon and duodenal biopsy?
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A 19-year old male asked:
Cause for a white dissolvable liquid surrounding feces? Not thick. Had colonoscopy 7 days ago. Been waiting for biopsies. Colon was visibly good.
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A 50-year old female asked:
There is a 2 CM villous lesion on my right colon. 3 pc. biopsy shows no dysplasia but it's a tad hard. Dr. didn't try to lift it during the colonoscopy but scheduled a 3-4 inch resection late May. Thoughts on what lurks beneath?
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A 21-year old female asked:
Experiencing IBD like symptoms since years. had my endoscopy and colonoscopy which was normal but colon biopsies and gastric biopsies show surface ulceration and non specific chronic inflammation, cryptitis, lamina propria inflammation.Diagnosis?
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