Cow's-milk-induced erosive gastritis in an infant.
A 3 1/2-month-old male infant presented with hematemesis due to erosive gastritis following whole-cow's-milk feeding. The presence of eosinophilic gastritis, the disappearance of symptoms after withdrawal of whole-cow's-milk feeding, and the association with facial eczema suggest that gastritis was induced by cow's milk. Cow's-milk intolerance should be considered in the etiologic differential diagnosis of hematemesis and gastritis in infancy.
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Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
al Quorain
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D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005756:Gastritis / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D006396:Hematemesis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008892:Milk / Q000009:adverse effects*