1. Findings
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Chronic Ulcerative Colitis. This is a colon specimen opened longitudinally. The specimen is brown in color because it has been fixed in formalin. The flat area represents a large broad based irregular ulcer which has been reepithelialized (as shown by its smooth, shiny surface). The irregular protrusions around it represent pseudopolyps of remaining mucosa
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colon large bowel mucosa
fx pseudopolyps
fx healed ulcer craters
dx chronic ulcerative colitis
grosspathology
Courtesy Barbara Banner MD
Chronic Ulcerative Colitis. This is a colon specimen opened longitudinally. The specimen is brown in color because it has been fixed in formalin. The flat area represents a large broad based irregular ulcer which has been reepithelialized (as shown by its smooth, shiny surface). The irregular protrusions around it represent pseudopolyps of remaining mucosa
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colon large bowel mucosa
fx pseudopolyps
fx healed ulcer craters
dx chronic ulcerative colitis
grosspathology
Courtesy Barbara Banner MD