Inflammatory bowel disease in exclusively breast-fed infants.
Inflammatory bowel disease is uncommon in infants. We present the clinical, endoscopic and pathologic findings for two exclusively breast-fed infants with a diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease. We emphasize that although inflammatory bowel disease is rare in infants, chronic bloody diarrhea must be a sufficiently alarming symptom to consider a differential diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease in young infants is considered, even when they are exclusively breast-fed.
Kuloğlu
Zarife
Z
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, Ankara University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. zarifekuloglu@yahoo.com
Kansu
Aydan
A
Kirsaçlioğlu
Ceyda
C
Ince
Erdal
E
Ensari
Arzu
A
Girgin
Nurten
N
D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001942:Breast Feeding; D003113:Colonoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007223:Infant; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents