title: Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disease and inflammatory bowel disease in children: is it a disease continuum?
abstract: Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disease (EGID) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are two distinct disorders that share some clinical manifestations but have different diagnostic criteria. In this article, we reviewed the clinical data of three children with EGID who later developed IBD. This study is a retrospective case note review that was conducted between 2007 and 2012. EGID seems to precede IBD in some subsets of children in whom the diagnosis of IBD may take a few years to fully develop.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mutalib
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Blackstock
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: Bonita
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Huggett
authors.forename: Sibongile
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chadokufa
authors.forename: Fevronia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kiparissi
authors.forename: Mamoun
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elawad
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D018450:Disease Progression; D004751:Enteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000473:pathology; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications* / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000473:pathology; D005756:Gastritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies