[Gastrointestinal hemorrhages in children].
Gastrointestinal bleeding is not rare in paediatric practice. Always impressive to the surrounding family, they reveal an underlying affection (portal cavernous haemangioma, ulcer) or complicate a progressing disease (oesophagitis, varix). Gastrointestinal endoscopy should be made rapidly in a paediatric setting. The main causes are: before 2 years of age and over 7 years, peptic oesophagitis; from 2 to 7 years, acute lesions of the gastroduodenal mucous membrane and ulcers. Lower tract bleeding (melaena or rectal bleeding) is mainly due to anal fissures, polyps, severe inflammatory colitis and enterocolitis.
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Médecine infantile 3 et génétique clinique Hôpital d'enfants CHU Nancy-Brabois, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy.
D002648:Child; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008487:Medical History Taking; D010808:Physical Examination; D012307:Risk Factors
Hémorragies digestives de l'enfant.