crypt abscess

crypt abscess

A finding by light microscopy, which consists of aggregates of neutrophils (less commonly, eosinophils), fibrin and sloughed epithelial cells within a partially ruptured colonic gland. Crypt abscesses are more typical of ulcerative colitis than Crohn’s disease and other forms of inflammatory bowel disease, and may also occur in radiation colitis and Helicobacter spp infection.