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tnelson wrote:Would I need to have another colonoscopy to diagnose this, or could they re-stain my previous biopsy, which is about a year old?
If they still have the slides, (which they probably do), they can re-stain them and do a mast cell count.

I gather that one can have mastocytic enterocolitis AND lymphocytic colitis at the same time?

Yes. One can also have ME along with celiac sprue, Crohn's, or UC.
tnelson wrote:Will the MRT test also show mast cell/histamine reactions to foods?
I'm not sure, since no one knows exactly which mediators the MRT responds to, but I'm guessing that the test should indicate at least some foods that cause mast cell responses.

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It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
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Thanks Tex!
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