| Endoscopic assessment of children with esophageal atresia: Lack of relationship of esophagitis and esophageal metaplasia to symptomatology. | |
| | |
MedLine Citation:
|
PMID: 20485706 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
|
BACKGROUND: Late complications of esophageal atresia (EA), particularly esophagitis and Barrett's esophagus, are increasingly being recognized. With the exception of patients with dysphagia associated with esophageal stricture, it is unknown whether patient symptomatology can predict endoscopic findings. METHODS: Data regarding the digestive symptoms of patients who were referred to the EA multidisciplinary clinic from October 2005 to October 2008, and underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopic evaluation, were systematically collected. Macroscopic and histological findings were analyzed. Endoscopy was considered normal if no esophagitis, intestinal metaplasia or gastric metaplasia (GM) was discerned. RESULTS: Sixty-three patients underwent endoscopy. Eighteen had dysphagia related to an esophageal stricture needing dilation and were subsequently excluded from the analysis. Forty-five patients (26 girls) with a median age of 7.3 years (range 0.4 to 17.9 years) were evaluated. Twenty-six patients (58%) were normal at endoscopy, 14 patients (31%) had esophagitis and 16 patients (36%) had GM. No intestinal metaplasia or adenocarcinoma was detected. Six patients with abnormal endoscopy results were asymptomatic. No correlation between digestive symptoms and endoscopy results was found. CONCLUSION: The present cross-sectional study showed that symptomatology was not predictive of abnormal endoscopy in EA patients. Esophagitis or GM may be discovered, even in the absence of symptoms, suggesting that physicians cannot rely solely on symptomatology to accurately evaluate the extent of these esophageal complications in this population. |
| | |
Authors:
|
Julie Castilloux; Dorothée Bouron-Dal Soglio; Christophe Faure |
Related Documents
:
|
3812406 - Laryngotracheal foreign bodies in children. a comparison with bronchial foreign bodies. 9626206 - Late effects in long-term survivors of high-grade non-hodgkin's lymphomas. 19730116 - Characteristics of esophageal squamous cell carcinomas and lugol-voiding lesions in pat... 10456696 - Fundoplication provides effective and durable symptom relief in patients with barrett's... 1354706 - Metformin-induced lactic acidosis: report of a case. 1288546 - Psoriatic arthritis treated with cyclosporin a. |
Publication Detail:
|
Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
|
Title: Canadian journal of gastroenterology = Journal canadien de gastroenterologie Volume: 24 ISSN: 0835-7900 ISO Abbreviation: Can. J. Gastroenterol. Publication Date: 2010 May |
Date Detail:
|
Created Date: 2010-05-20 Completed Date: 2010-07-06 Revised Date: 2011-07-28 |
Medline Journal Info:
|
Nlm Unique ID: 8807867 Medline TA: Can J Gastroenterol Country: Canada |
Other Details:
|
Languages: eng Pagination: 312-6 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
|
Division of Gastroenterology and Department of Pediatrics, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Laval, Laval, Québec. julie.castilloux@mail.chuq.qc.ca |
Export Citation:
|
APA/MLA Format Download EndNote Download BibTex |
| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
|
Adolescent Child Child, Preschool Cross-Sectional Studies Deglutition Disorders / diagnosis, etiology* Diagnosis, Differential Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / methods* Esophageal Atresia / complications, diagnosis* Esophagitis / complications, diagnosis* Esophagus / pathology* Female Follow-Up Studies Humans Infant Male Metaplasia / complications, diagnosis Retrospective Studies |
| Comments/Corrections | |
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Previous Document: The safety of infliximab infusions in the community setting.
Next Document: A randomized trial of topical anesthesia comparing lidocaine versus lidocaine plus xylometazoline fo...