Enteritis cystica profunda in a patient with Crohn's disease

Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1989 Aug;113(8):947-9.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Crohn Disease / complications*
  • Crohn Disease / pathology
  • Cysts / complications*
  • Cysts / pathology
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Diseases / complications*
  • Intestinal Diseases / pathology
  • Intestinal Mucosa / pathology
  • Intestine, Small / pathology
  • Male