[Relapse of bleeding ulcer in a 15 year-old boy with collagenous gastritis].
Collagenous gastritis (CG) is a rare disorder. Two patient groups are known: 1) Children and young adults, presenting with anaemia and abdominal pain, and 2) adults presenting with watery diarrhoea. In the latter group, CG is frequently associated with collagenous colitis and/or coeliac disease. This case concerns a 15-year-old boy with a bleeding ulcer. The biopsies from corpus ventriculi showed a thickened subepithelial collagen band (> 10 micrometres), and the patient was diagnosed with CG. Ulcers are rarely linked to CG. CG should be considered when ulcers are found in children and young adults.
Medicinsk Afdeling, Regionshospitalet Randers, Denmark. annemette.haase@gmail.com
Anne-Mette
AM
Haase
Jens
J
Kelsen
D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D003094:Collagen / Q000378:metabolism*; D005756:Gastritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D005773:Gastroscopy; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000628:therapy; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010438:Peptic Ulcer Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D012008:Recurrence; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy
D003094:Collagen