A rare cause of multiple small bowel ulcers and strictures in a 10-year-old child.
We report a young girl who presented with a prolonged history of refractory iron deficiency anemia with protein-losing enteropathy without other obvious gastrointestinal symptoms. She underwent several laboratory and endoscopic investigations as well as histopathology of the resected full-thickness small bowel area before a proposed diagnosis of CMUSE was made. A trial of immunosuppression (both prednisolone and azathioprine) was initiated that provided a relatively satisfactory result.
PMID: 29391315 [PubMed - in process]
Source: The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Kijmassuwan T, Tanpowpong P, Molagool S, Treepongkaruna S Tags: Turk J Gastroenterol Source Type: research
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