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Table 4 Pathologic features of CMUSE and SBCD patients

From: Retrospective study of the differential diagnosis between cryptogenic multifocal ulcerous stenosing enteritis and small bowel Crohn’s disease

Characteristics

CMUSE

SBCD

P value

N

n(%)

N

n(%)

 

Ulcer

10

10 (100.0)

25

18 (72.0)

0.084

Number of ulcers

 1

10

1 (10.0)

18

3 (11.1)

1.000

  ≥ 2

10

8 (80.0)

18

15 (72.2)

 Unknown

10

1 (10.0)

18

0 (0.0)

Depth of ulcer

 Deep

10

0 (0.0)

18

8 (44.4)

0.003

 Superficial

10

10 (100.0)

18

5 (27.8)

 Unknown

10

0 (0.0)

18

5 (27.8)

Ulcer located at stricture site

10

9 (90.0)

18

1 (5.6)

0.000

Strictures

10

10 (100.0)

25

18 (72.0)

0.084

 1

10

2 (20.0)

18

7 (38.9)

0.417

  ≥ 2

10

8 (80.0)

18

11 (61.1)

Cobblestone appearance

10

0 (0.0)

25

2 (8.0)

1.000

Transmural inflammation

10

1 (10.0)

25

16 (64.0)

0.007

Non- caseous epithelioid granulomas

10

0 (0.0)

25

1 (4.0)

1.000

  1. CMUSE cryptogenic multifocal ulcerous stenosing enteritis; SBCD small bowel Crohn’s disease