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Help With Tests....what Is Flattened Mucosa?

dizzygrinch

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dizzygrinch Enthusiast
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Hell, does anyone know what this means: "Somewhat flattened mucosa was seen within the TI , Terminal ileum." That was in my report, and I was wondering if that could possibly be related to celiac, although, during my follow up visit with the doc, he said that was normal. Just curious...

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Ummm...no that is "not normal". Your mucosa should look like little inverted chilli peppers. Time for a NEW DOCTOR.

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That was not a normal report. Flattening and scalloping are common findings in earlier stages. So is an excess of lymphocytes and changes in the color of the tissue. He didn't by any chance tell you to go ahead and keep eating gluten and come back in a year to get rescoped did he? Unfortunately that is not uncommon. If so he wants you in full villi destruction before he wants to acknowledge a gluten issue.

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Hi, funny you mentioned about the change of color of tissue, I also remembered reading about "tan colored" biopsy, but I was biopsied for microscopic colitis, which came back as negative. I am going to get a different doc, but right now Im uninsured, and these tests were done last May, 2007. This doctor never told me nothing, except continue Prilosec and gave me medicine for IBS. That is what I have been through for almost 20 years now. I am doing my own research, thats how I stumbled upon Celiac, so, as soon as I can, I will see a different doc.

nora-n Rookie
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dizzy, by the way the enterolab test was invented for things like microscopic colitis, just go and read at enterolab's website. D. Fine had researched for many years on microscopic colitis and discovered that most if it is gluten related.

I think it is www.enterolab.com

Also, google marsh stage or marsh 3 or something like that, then you get a description of teh different stages of celiac according to the Marsh scale.

nora

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