Cryptitis

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title: "Cryptitis" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["inflammations", "gastrointestinal-tract-disorders"] description: "Inflammation of an intestinal crypt" topic_path: "general/inflammations" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptitis" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Inflammation of an intestinal crypt ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Cryptitis_high_mag.jpg" caption="[[Micrograph]] showing '''cryptitis''' in a case of [[Crohn's disease]]. [[H&E stain]]."] ::

In histology, cryptitis refers to inflammation of an intestinal crypt.

Cryptitis is a non-specific histopathologic finding that is seen in several conditions, e.g. inflammatory bowel disease, diverticular disease, radiation colitis, infectious colitis.

Additional images

File:Cryptitis intermed mag.jpg|Cryptitis. H&E stain. File:Colitis_with_granuloma_high_mag.jpg|Focal cryptitis and a granuloma. H&E stain. File:Colitis_with_granuloma_intermed_mag.jpg|Focal cryptitis and a granuloma. H&E stain. File:Cryptitis -- very high mag.jpg File:Histopathology of a crypt abscess.jpg|Crypt abscess. H&E stain.

References

References

1. (Jul 2003). "Crohn's disease and cheilitis". Can J Gastroenterol.
2. (2004). "The pathology of diverticulosis coli". J Clin Gastroenterol.
3. (Nov 2000). "Acute radiation proctitis: a sequential clinicopathologic study during pelvic radiotherapy". Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys.

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