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By Mayo Clinic staffAlthough other inflammatory diseases of the large intestine such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis increase your likelihood of developing cancer of the colon, there's no evidence that either collagenous colitis or lymphocytic colitis increases the risk of colon cancer or death.
- Collagenous Colitis and Lymphocytic Colitis. National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse. http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/collagenouscolitis/. Accessed Aug. 12, 2008.
- Collagenous Colitis and Lymphocytic Colitis. Merck Manual. http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec09/ch126/ch126d.html. Accessed Aug. 12, 2008.
- Dietrich CF. Lymphocytic and collagenous colitis (microscopic colitis). http://www.uptodate.com/patients/content/topic.do?topicKey=inflambd/5666. Accessed Aug. 12, 2008.
- Wall, Geoffrey C. Pharmacotherapy for Microscopic Colitis. Pharmacotherapy. 2007;27(3):425-433.http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/555432_1. Accessed Aug. 12, 2008.
- Colitis: A cause of persistent diarrhea in older adults. Mayo Clinic Health Letter.Vol. 25, No. 3, March 2007.
- Antidiarrheal Medicines: OTC Relief for Diarrhea. American Academy of Family Physicians. http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/otc-center/otc-medicines/855.html#ArticleParsysMiddleColumn0010. Accessed Aug. 12, 2008.
