Melanosis coli was a Natural sciences good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
I can't think of anything more this article needs, except maybe a PAS stained biopsy. I've put an H&E stain pic up -- Samirधर्म05:43, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
What about some information on prevalence? If prevalence among the general population is too difficult, try prevalence among patients having a colonoscopy. How long does the condition last? What volume of laxative must be taken and over what duration for the codition to appear? If this article included three or four sentences on these matters, it should be in a good position for renomination as a good article. Cedars02:57, 12 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
None of the above (except maybe an estimate of prevalence, I will check) is really known in the literature. Sorry. There's more here on wikipedia than in any textbook of gastroenterology on melanosis -- Samirधर्म09:00, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I have added a little bit to the article to say that melanosis coli is actually a misnomer. Given that it does not involve melanin, should the "see also" to melanin also be removed?
