OCTOBER 24, 2019

Study Finds Endoscopists May Miss Microscopic Colitis

If data from the United Kingdom reflect practice patterns in the United States, endoscopists may be overlooking cases of microscopic colitis. A retrospective study of more than 10,000 colonoscopies conducted in the UK ssshowed that over 8% of endoscopists did not take biopsies in patients with chronic diarrhea undergoing colonoscopy, while in 24% of cases, they biopsied only the rectum, which is not adequately sensitive for diagnosing microscopic colitis.

Inadequately obtaining biopsies can lead