Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Histopathological Assessment and Diagnosis - Lecture 18

Explore the crucial role of histopathology in inflammatory bowel disease through this comprehensive lecture. Learn about the essential steps in biopsy assessment, including evaluating inflammatory infiltrates and identifying disease chronicity. Understand how to communicate diagnostic certainty, detect dysplasia, and differentiate IBD from its mimics. Discover the significance of 'focal active colitis' and gain insights into effective report composition, scoring systems, and the use of proformas. Enhance your knowledge of CMV infection detection, targeted biopsies, and the importance of clinical history in histopathology requests.

Intro
Plan
Roles of pathologist
Steps in assessment
Disease distribution
Assessing inflammation
Granulomas
Indicators of chronicity
CMV infection
Dysplasia
Targeted biopsies
Mimics of IBD 'IBD-like'
Focal active colitis
Composing a report
Scoring & proforma reporting
Summary