Chapter 11 - Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95)»Noninfective enteritis and colitis (K50-K52)»Collagenous colitis (K52.831)
K52.831
Collagenous colitis
Related indications (MeSH) (1)
Colitis, Collagenous3 drugs (3 approved)
A subtype of MICROSCOPIC COLITIS, characterized by chronic watery DIARRHEA of unknown origin, a normal COLONOSCOPY but abnormal histopathology on BIOPSY. Microscopic examination of biopsy samples taken from the COLON show larger-than-normal band of subepithelial COLLAGEN.