Lymphocytic colitis: A clue to bacterial etiology

Table 3 Histopathologic data of 60 colonic biopsies from 20 patients with lymphocytic colitis

Feature	RS	SF	HF
1 Surface epithelial damage
1+	8	10	8
2+	6	6	6
3+	6	4	6
2 Crypt distortion
1+	17	16	17
2+	3	4	3
3+	0	0	0
3 LP Inflammation
2+	5	6	2
3+	11	10	12
4+	4	4	6
4 Mean % of IEL	23	22	28

RS: rectosigmoid, SF: splenic flexure, HF: hepatic flexure, LP: lamina propria, IEL: intraepithelial lymphocytes.