[Correlation between colonoscopy and histopathology of the colon in diverticular disease and the irritable colon syndrome].

In this study 29 patients were carriers of diverticular disease of the colons (DDC) and 29 patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The patients were diagnosed by means of a directed anamnesis standardized by the radiologic study of the colons. The methodology included, radiologic study of the colons, endoscopic examination of the colon (colonoscopy with biopsy) and anatomic pathologic examination of the fragments obtained in the endoscopy. It was tried, by means of colonoscopy with biopsy and anatomic pathological examination, to demonstrate, classify and relate, in agreement with pre-established criterion, the degree of intensity of the inflammatory process in the colic mucosa. According to the results we may conclude that: 1) colonoscopy in the studied inflammatory diseases is important for diagnosis, evaluation of the inflammatory process, identification of associated illness and material obtention for the anatomic pathological examination; 2) there is always a chronic inflammatory process, in variable degrees, of the colic mucosa in DDC and in IBS; 3) colonoscopy with biopsy and the anatomic pathological examination are adequate to diagnose with precision the degree of intensity of the chronic inflammatory process of the colic mucosa and the presence of associated disease in DDC and in IBS.