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Case Report

Volume 7, Number 1, February 2014, pages 28-31

Infectious Colitis Associated With Ipilimumab Therapy

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Figure 1.
Figure 1. Colonoscopy revealed a grossly normal terminal ileum, mild diffuse right-sided colitis, moderate diffuse mid-colon colitis, and patchy moderate to severe left-sided colitis that was contiguous with the anal canal.
Figure 2.
Figure 2. Colonic biopsies were obtained and revealed an intact crypt architecture (A, 200× magnification) with an increased inflammatory cell infiltrate in the lamina propria, neutrophilic cryptitis, crypt abscesses, and surface epithelial injury (B, 400× magnification; arrow highlights crypt abscess).