title: Cow's milk allergy presenting Hirschsprung's disease-mimicking symptoms.
abstract: The authors present a neonatal case of allergic colitis, which manifested the difficulty of spontaneous defecation and irregular narrowing of distal rectum in contrast enema. Rectal suction biopsy showed positive acetylcholinesterase activity. These clinical, radiological and histological findings were indistinguishable from Hirschsprung's disease. Gastrointestinal symptoms were improved by the cessation of cow's milk formula. The present findings may impact on the less recognizable gastrointestinal manifestation of allergic colitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health, 840 Murodo-cho, Izumi, 594-1101 Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Masanobu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawai
authors.forename: Akio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: Shinobu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ida
authors.forename: Yukiyo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamamura
authors.forename: Norikazu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yoshimura
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: Hiroomi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okuyama
authors.forename: Takaharu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oue
authors.forename: Hisayoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawahara
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Okada
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D003092:Colitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006627:Hirschsprung Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D016269:Milk Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology