Iron deficiency is not always innocent in childhood: a rare diagnosis of collagenous gastritis

Çakar S., Çakır Y.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, cilt.64, sa.1, ss.147-151, 2022 (Scopus)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Vaka Takdimi
  • Cilt numarası: 64 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.24953/turkjped.2021.556
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.147-151
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: Collagenous gastritis (CG) is a very rare disease with still lots of unknowns, characterized by the subepithelial collagenous band in the gastric mucosa associated with a mixed inflammatory infiltrate in the lamina propria.

Case: Iron deficiency anemia is the most common and usually single laboratory finding without any complaint at the time of diagnosis. This entity should be well-known so that we can examine and refer the patient to a pediatric gastroenterologist for differential diagnosis.

Conclusions: The histopathological evaluation, albeit invasive, is essential to exclude this diagnosis. We present a 13-year-old girl with intractable iron deficiency anemia due to CG.

Keywords: child; collagenous gastritis; endoscopy; iron deficiency; pathology.