Histological disease activity in patients with microscopic colitis is not related to clinical disease activity or long-term prognosis.
Laerke Müller OlsenPeter Johan Heiberg EngelDanny GoudkadeVincenzo VillanacciJeppe ThagaardJulie Sparholt WalbechJohan BohrJuozas KupcinskasBas VerhaeghAndreas MünchDanila GuagnozziFernando Fernández-BañaresLars Kristian MunckAnne-Marie Kanstrup FiehnPublished in: Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics (2021)
Our data indicate that the evaluated histological parameters were neither markers of disease activity at the time of diagnosis nor predictors of disease course.