Real-world multicentre experience of the pathological features of colonic ischaemia and their relationship to symptom duration, disease distribution and clinical outcome

M. Fenster, P. Feuerstadt, L. J. Brandt, M. S. Mansoor, T. Huisman, O. C. Aroniadis

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Abstract

Aim: To determine the pathological features of colonic ischaemia (CI) and their relationship to symptom duration, disease distribution and clinical outcome in a real-world, clinical setting. Method: A retrospective, multicentre chart review was performed in patients diagnosed with CI at Montefiore Medical Center (January 2005 to July 2015), and Yale-New Haven Hospital (January 2005 to June 2010). Patients were included if clinical presentation, colonoscopic findings and colonic pathology were all consistent with CI. Results: Six hundred and sixteen patients with pathologically proven CI were included. Common pathological findings included inflammation (51.1%), ulceration (38.2%), fibrosis (26.0%) and necrosis (20.4%). Infarction and ghost cells were seen in 1.6% and 0.2% of cases, respectively. There was a significant relationship between symptom duration and hyalinization of the lamina propria (P = 0.05) and cryptitis/crypt abscesses (P = 0.01). Patients with isolated right CI (IRCI) were more likely than patients with isolated left CI (ILCI) to exhibit necrosis (P < 0.01), cryptitis/crypt abscess (P < 0.01) and inflammation (P = 0.03). Patients with poor outcomes were more likely to exhibit necrosis (P < 0.01) and capillary fibrin thrombi (P < 0.01) and less likely to exhibit fibrosis (P < 0.01) and epithelial changes (P < 0.01). Conclusion: CI is accompanied by a broad spectrum of pathological findings. The traditional pathognomonic findings of CI are rare and cannot be relied upon to exclude the diagnosis. Patients with IRCI and/or poor outcomes were more likely to have pathological findings of necrosis than patients who had ILCI and/or nonpoor outcomes.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1132-1141
Number of pages10
JournalColorectal Disease
Volume20
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2018

Keywords

  • Colonic ischaemia
  • colon
  • ischaemic colitis
  • necrosis
  • pathology

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Gastroenterology

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