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RESULTS--The features distinguishing IBD from other forms of colitis included distorted architecture, lymphocyte and plasma cell infiltrate, excess of polymorphonuclear leucocytes, polymorphonuclear cryptitis, crypt abscesses, and basal lymphoid aggregates. The features discriminating between Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis included an irregular or villous surface, distorted architecture, decrease in mucus content, and polymorphonuclear cryptitis. Using multivariate analysis, 90% of patients with Crohn's disease and 71% of those with ulcerative colitis were correctly classified, the former being strongly defined by epithelioid granulomas, microgranulomas and isolated giant cells, and the latter best defined by an irregular or villous surface, decrease in mucus content and crypt atrophy. CONCLUSIONS--Examination of colorectal biopsy specimens is a reliable method for diagnosing IBD. In the absence of epithelioid granulomas, microgranulomas and isolated giant cells a diagnosis of Crohn's disease is based on the absence of histological criteria favouring ulcerative colitis. 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