Table 1.
Pathologic diagnosis.
Diagnosis | Number of Patients | Number of Cores |
---|---|---|
Normal* | 11 | 41 |
Chronic/Active IBD | 39 | 205 |
Low Grade Dysplasia | 21 | 67 |
High Grade Dysplasia | 24 | 66 |
Colitis-Associated Cancer | 16 | 109 |
Total | 67 ** | 447 |
Normal patients: Unaffected areas of colon from 2 patients with a history of colitis and 9 patients with sporadic colon cancer
Individual patients had more than one histology detected (UC N=37 patients, CD N=27 patients, Indeterminate Colitis N=3 patients)