Open AccessResponse to Mesalamine Therapy in Pediatric Collagenous Gastritis and Colitis: A Case Report and Review
Author(s) -
Ankit Mishra,
Joon Chung,
Haresh Mani,
Mariastella Serrano
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
global pediatric health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.354
H-Index - 11
ISSN - 2333-794X
DOI - 10.1177/2333794x221094262
Subject(s) - medicine , etiology , gastroenterology , disease , calprotectin , gastrointestinal disease , rare disease , collagenous colitis , gastritis , colitis , inflammatory bowel disease , helicobacter pylori
Collagenous gastritis and collagenous colitis are 2 rare gastrointestinal disorders in pediatric patients. Both of these disease processes exist on a clinical spectrum, and are extremely rare to be present together in the pediatric population. Due to the rarity and unknown etiology of these disease processes, standardized treatment protocols and objective clinical biomarkers of disease progression are missing. This is the first report to describe a 16 year old female with CG and CC who responded well to mesalamine therapy, evident by decreasing calprotectin levels after initiation of therapy.