PMC548304_01
Colonic mucosal inflammation in ulcerative colitis with loss of goblet cells and neutrophilic infiltrate (magnification x100)
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At this time a sigmoidoscopy and pinch biopsy revealed diffuse acute and chronic inflammation with cryptitis, mucin depletion, and glandular foreshortening and branching suggestive of UC (Fig. 1).