ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2026
Chronic Diarrhea and Weight Loss in a 27-Year-Old: Highlighting Collagenous Gastritis as a Rarely Encountered Entity.
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A 27-year-old male presented with chronic diarrhea, bloating, and abdominal pain since age 13. Initially attributed to lactose intolerance, treated with dairy-free diet, symptoms persisted despite negative workup-normal celiac serology, stool studies, and abdominal ultrasound. Recent symptoms included severe diarrhea, fatigue, weakness, 8 kg weight loss, hair loss, elevated IgE and fecal calprotectin. Gastroscopy showed flattened, granular gastric mucosa with focal hyperemia in the antrum and greater curvature. Histology revealed severe chronic inactive H. pylori-negative gastritis with a prominent subepithelial collagen band (verified by Crossmon's trichrome), confirming collagenous gastritis-a rare entity first described in 1989. The condition has a slight female predominance and bimodal age peaks (adolescence and >60 years). Symptoms are nonspecific, including abdominal pain, diarrhea, weight loss and anemia. Pediatric cases often feature nodular mucosa and anemia; adults more commonly present with watery diarrhea, sometimes linked to collagenous colitis. Diagnosis requires histological features including patchy subepithelial collagen band ≥ 10 μm thick, lymphocytic or eosinophilic infiltration of the lamina propria, epithelial changes and entrapped capillaries. Patterns include atrophic, lymphocytic-like, and eosinophil-rich. Crossmon's or Masson's trichrome, Congo red, and tenascin immunohistochemistry aid in proving collagen and excluding amyloidosis. Treatment is mainly symptomatic or with proton pump inhibitors; corticosteroids may be effective in refractory cases.
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