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Table 4 Comorbidity in biopsy samples – results of manual examinations of 1,534 biopsy reports

From: Validation study of villous atrophy and small intestinal inflammation in Swedish biopsy registers

Histopathology

Villous Atrophy

Inflammation

Samples, No.

38,655 (%*)

17,521 (%*)

Autoimmune enteropathy

10

21 (0.1)

Gastric metaplasia

37

186 (1.1)

Giardiasis

5

2

Helicobacter pylori

73 (0.2)

70 (0.4)

Inflammatory granuloma

14

41 (0.2)

Lymphoma

13

7

Cancer other than lymphoma

29

51 (0.3)

Tropical sprue

1

0

Crohn's disease

21

94 (0.5)

Colitis: Microscopic/Ulcerative

73 (0.2)

163 (0.9)

Any IBD#

98 (0.3)

272 (1.6)

Postoperative changes

17

60 (0.3)

Vasculitis

1

0

Refractory CD

3

0

  1. We also searched plain biopsy text for immune deficiency, Behcet's disease, graft vs. host disease/transplantation, sarcoidosis, immunoglobuline disease, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Whipple's disease and Zollinger-Ellison Disease. For these disorders, the computerized search only yielded results that were rejected on manual examination.
  2. *Percentages are listed where the prevalence is 0.1% or more.
  3. #Includes biopsy reports where non-specific IBD was listed.
  4. IBD = Inflammatory bowel disease