Enteritis cystica profunda in a patient with Crohn's disease |
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Authors: | J Alexis J Lubin M Wallack |
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Affiliation: | Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL 33140. |
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Abstract: | Colitis cystica profunda is an uncommon but well-recognized condition affecting the colon. Involvement of the small bowel, enteritis cystica profunda, is extremely rare, and is characterized by mucus-filled cystic spaces frequently lined by demonstrable epithelium. The cystic spaces are located within the submucosa and muscularis propria. Isolated cases have been described in association with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome and Crohn's disease. We report a case of enteritis cystica profunda in a 31-year-old man with Crohn's disease. |
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