The histological features of celiac disease include all of the following EXCEPT:: (A) Crypt hyperplasia, (B) Increase in thickness of the mucosa, (C) Increase in intraepithelial lymphocytes, (D) Increase in inflammatory cells in lamina propria
Answer is B. Biopsy of intestine in celiac sprue demonstrates; overall mucosal thickness remains same Villous atrophy Loss of microvilli brush border, with crypt hyperplasia Plasma cells, lymphocytes, macrophages, eosinophils, mast cells are present in lamina propria