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Diagnosis of coeliac disease with optical coherence tomography in paediatric patients

Authors :
Luca Albarello
B. Parma
F. Meroni
Enzo Masci
Benedetto Mangiavillano
Claudio Doglioni
Graziano Barera
M.F. Brambillasca
P.A. Testoni
Parma, B.
Brambillasca, M. F.
Meroni, F.
Mangiavillano, B.
Masci, E.
Albarello, L.
Doglioni, Claudio
Testoni, PIER ALBERTO
Barera, G.
Source :
Digestive and Liver Disease. 39:A63
Publication Year :
2007
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2007.

Abstract

ilatation (with Savary); now the patient is in remission. Two patients (3–4 ears old) have no more symptoms, the EGD is normal, but they are still on ietary treatment. The last two patients are still on medical treatment. Conclusions. In patients with eosinophilic oesophagitis the pH-metry is ormal, the anti-acid therapy is useless and the oesophageal biopsy shows high number of eosinophils (>20/HPF). The differential diagnosis is with astro-oesophageal reflux, allergies, eosinophilic gastroenteritis, parasites nfections, gastrointestinal disorders (coeliac and Crohn disease). The surical approach is necessary only in few cases when there are also other athologies. GER is present in 10% of patients with EE.

Details

ISSN :
15908658
Volume :
39
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Digestive and Liver Disease
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....2c0d3a1983a84550782e592eb6d7b97b
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dld.2007.07.086