Brandon, Jonathan L., Schroeder, Shauna, Furuta, Glenn T., Capocelli, Kelley E., Masterson, Joanne C. and Fenton, Laura Z. (2013) CT imaging features of eosinophilic colitis in children. Pediatric Radiology, 43 (6). pp. 697-702. ISSN 1432-1998
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Abstract
Background Eosinophilic colitis (EC) is a gastrointestinal
disease of undetermined etiology whose clinical features
overlap with those of the inflammatory bowel diseases. To
the best of our knowledge, the CT imaging features of EC
have not been described in children.
Objective To report and analyze the clinical, imaging and
histological findings in seven children with EC.
Materials and methods Children with EC were identified in
a pediatric pathology database, and those with CT imaging
within 2 months of diagnosis were included, totaling seven
children. Clinical, imaging and pathological features were
reviewed and analyzed. Results The most common presenting symptoms were abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea and rectal bleeding. EC was
characterized as a dense and predominantly eosinophilic
inflammatory infiltrate in the lamina propria or epithelium
without granulomas. CT scans were abnormal in six children
(86%), demonstrating colonic wall thickening, predominantly cecal, in five (71%), mild to moderate terminal ileal
thickening in two (29%), and pneumatosis in one (14%).
Right colonic involvement was greater than terminal ileal
involvement.
Conclusion CT imaging findings in children with EC include right colonic wall thickening of variable extent downstream and absent or mild involvement of the terminal
ileum. EC should be considered in the differential diagnosis
in children presenting with abdominal pain and bloody
diarrhea
Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | Eosinophilic; Colitis; CT; Inflammatory bowel disease; Allergy; Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disease; Children; |
Academic Unit: | Faculty of Science and Engineering > Biology |
Item ID: | 12490 |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s00247-012-2615-8 |
Depositing User: | Joanne Masterson |
Date Deposited: | 26 Feb 2020 16:44 |
Journal or Publication Title: | Pediatric Radiology |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
Refereed: | Yes |
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URI: | https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/12490 |
Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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