Colon

Noninfectious colitis

Brainerd diarrhea



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Hanni Gulwani, M.B.B.S.
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Definition / general
  • Chronic watery diarrhea of unknown etiology with acute onset and long duration (Centers for Disease Control, Wikipedia)
  • First case in 1983 in Brainerd, Minnesota (USA)
  • Similar to epidemic infectious diarrhea, but symptoms usually last 4+ weeks, often years
  • Most patients recover within 3 years or less
Case reports
Microscopic (histologic) description
  • Surface epithelial lymphocytosis (similar to lymphocytic colitis) with no architectural distortion, no degenerative changes, no thickened subepithelial collagen (Am J Surg Pathol 1996;20:1102)
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