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Ulcerative Colitis: Ulcerations

Moderate colitis is characterized by granularity, friability, exudate, spontaneous bleeding and increasingly larger areas of ulceration.


With increasing severity, ulcers may appear as punctate (see above), linear (left) or larger (right).

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