Catalog

Collagenous sprue

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Collagenous sprue – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/562877246

Collagenous sprue is a disorder of the small intestinal mucosa, which shows a severe to variably severe "flattened" mucosal biopsy lesion with distinctive sub-epithelial collagen deposits in the lamina propria region. It is marked by persistent diarrhoea and severe malabsorption.