Peptic ulcer disease in children.
Physician recognition of peptic ulcers in children is a challenging problem because of the multiple, often nonspecific, symptoms. A compatible history and upper gastrointestinal contrast study were formerly all that was available to the practitioner trying to confirm his clinical impressions. With the advent of new developments in gastroduodenal endoscopy, lesions not detectable radiologically can be localized, and the diagnosis firmly established. As experience with this procedure in children accumulates, the incidence of other conditions previously attributed to ulcer disease may be apparent, thus enlarging our concepts of causes of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in children.
D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D010437:Peptic Ulcer