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ArticleThe Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology2018

A rare cause of multiple small bowel ulcers and strictures in a 10-year-old child.

Teera Kijmassuwan, Pornthep Tanpowpong, Sani Molagool, Suporn Treepongkaruna

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Article in The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Teera KijmassuwanDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, Mahidol University School of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.
Pornthep TanpowpongDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, Mahidol University School of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.
Sani MolagoolDepartment of Surgery, Mahidol University School of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.
Suporn TreepongkarunaDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, Mahidol University School of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.
Ramathibodi Hospital · TH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Enteritis and small bowel ulcers can be caused by inflammatory bowel disease, drug-induced enteritis, cytomegalovirus, tuberculosis, or intestinal lymphoma. Cryptogenic multifocal ulcerous stenosing enteritis (CMUSE) is an uncommon idiopathic cause of ulceration and stricture of the small bowel. CMUSE can occur in adults, but only few pediatric cases have been reported. Inflammatory bowel disease and other causes should be carefully sought first before the diagnosis of CMUSE can be made. Previous reports demonstrated that surgical intervention may be necessary for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. With regard to the management, systemic corticosteroids may help, and surgery plays a role in patients present with signs of intestinal obstruction. We report a young girl who presented with a prolonged history of refractory iron deficiency anemia with protein-losing enteropathy without other obvious gastrointestinal symptoms. She underwent several laboratory and endoscopic investigations as well as histopathology of the resected full-thickness small bowel area before a proposed diagnosis of CMUSE was made. A trial of immunosuppression (both prednisolone and azathioprine) was initiated that provided a relatively satisfactory result.

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Anemia, Iron-DeficiencyAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAzathioprineChildConstriction, PathologicEnteritisFemaleHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsIntestine, SmallPrednisoloneProtein-Losing EnteropathiesUlcerAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAzathioprineImmunosuppressive AgentsPrednisolone

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PMID29391315
PMCPMC6322603
OpenAlexW2792825307

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