Abstract
Summary
A description of the distribution of stainable lipid in the colonic mucosa of man is presented. In normal individuals and patients without steatorrhea, stainable lipid is observed in the lamina propria and the subnuclear portion of the surface epithelium. Only in patients with steatorrhea is lipid found in the supranuclear portion of the surface epithelium. This observation and an identical distribution of lipid (i.e., supranuclear part of the surface cell) in segments of colon perfused with fat in both man and dog suggests that the lipid observed in the supranuclear area may originate from colonic luminal lipid.
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