title: [Gastroduodenal ulcers in children in Cameroon. Apropos of 28 cases diagnosed by endoscopy].
abstract: This study was undertaken to describe the epidemiology and clinical features of peptic ulcer in children on the basis of twenty-eight endoscopically documented cases. Mean age was 11,5 years (range 4-16 years). Twenty-five percent of patients had a positive family history for peptic ulcer and 32% had risk factors. Two-thirds of patients had abdominal pain, occasionally accompanied with bleeding. Duodenal ulcers were slightly more common (15 versus 13). The ulcer was chronic or primary in seventeen cases, whereas endoscopic findings showed that eleven cases were acute or secondary.
authors: Service de Gastroentérologie, CUSS, Hôpital Central, Yaounde, Cameroun.
authors: E C
authors: EC
authors: Ndjitoyap Ndam
authors: P O
authors: PO
authors: Koki Ndombo
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Kago
authors: J F
authors: JF
authors: Nsangou
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Tzeuton
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Mongory
authors: O
authors: O
authors: Abdouramane
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Tagni Sartre
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Mbede
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002163:Cameroon / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004384:Duodenoscopy; D005260:Female; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*
vernacular_title: Ulcères gastroduodénaux de l'enfant camerounais. A propos de vingt-huit cas de diagnostic endoscopique.