Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
An 84 year-old woman with diarrhea, abdominal tenderness, and dehydration.
Clinical information: The patient was an 84 year-old woman who developed an infection in the foot and was treated with local debridement and treatment with antibiotics. She developed abdominal cramps, tenderness, and diarrhea about a week after the antibiotic treatment was started. Her diarrhea turned watery, voluminous and is accompanied by fever. The patient became dehydrated and was admitted to the hospital. A colonoscopy with a biopsy was performed. A segmental resection was performed based on the result of the colonoscopic biopsy. Representative photomicrographs are obtained from the segmental resection:
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