Electron and light microscopic studies of the intestinal epithelium in Crohn's disease demonstrated localized areas of damage to the superficial epithelium, occurring without accompanying acute inflammation. In a blind study of rectal biopsy specimens from seven patients with Crohn's disease, four with ulcerative colitis, and four normal controls, this finding of patchy necrosis without acute inflammation was observed exclusively in four of the seven cases of Crohn's disease.
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