Infantile inflammatory bowel disease.
- Author:
Maria Beatrice P. Teves
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Inflammatory bowel disease;
Ulcerative Colitis;
Infantile Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- From:
The Philippine Children’s Medical Center Journal
2021;17(1):66-71
- CountryPhilippines
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Inflammatory bowel disease is a chronic disorder of the gastrointestinal tract that usually affects
adolescents and young adults. It is rare among infants making up only less than 1% of pediatric
cases. This is a case of infantile inflammatory bowel disease who presented with early onset
hematochezia, with colonoscopy and histopathologic findings consistent with ulcerative colitis.
He was managed with mesalazine, a 5-ASA derivative, the mainstay of treatment.
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