Clinical Outcome of Patients with Raised Intraepithelial Lymphocytes with Normal Villous Architecture on Duodenal Biopsy.

Introduction: The finding of a raised intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs) count with normal villous architecture is of sufficient clinical importance to be reported in routine duodenal biopsies.

Aim: To study the clinical and demographic data of patients with isolated increased IELs on duodenal biopsy.

Methods: A single-tertiary-centre retrospective study was carried out with a review of medical records of patients with increased IELs.