Helicobacter pylori and gastric lymphonodular hyperplasia in children.
The association of gastric lymphonodular hyperplasia and Helicobacter pylori infection has been reported only in children. Lymphonodular hyperplasia of the stomach is a well known radiographic and endoscopic entity. Over the past three decades, it has been associated with many conditions, ranging from a normal variant to a premalignant lesion. We have recently encountered five children with gastric lymphonodular hyperplasia, all of whom had H. pylori infection of the antrum. The literature regarding this association is reviewed, and a possible explanation for this age-dependent expression of H. pylori infection is offered.
Rosh
J R
JR
Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY.
Kurfist
L A
LA
Benkov
K J
KJ
Toor
A H
AH
Bottone
E J
EJ
LeLeiko
N S
NS
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000473:pathology*; D016480:Helicobacter pylori; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000382:microbiology; D008221:Lymphoid Tissue / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology