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A colonoscopy (an examination of the large intestine with a flexible viewing tube) shows abnormal small white erosions on the intestinal lining. The erosions sometimes grow larger and look like cobblestones. This finding is typical of Crohn disease.
From HM Spiro, Clinical Gastroenterology, 4 ed, 1993, McGraw-Hill, Pl. 72; with permission of the author.