| Small-bowel capsule endoscopy in patients with gastrointestinal food allergy. | |
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PMID: 22035500 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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To cite this article: Hagel AF, de Rossi TM, Zopf Y, Lindner AS, Dauth W, Neurath MF, Raithel M. Small-bowel capsule endoscopy in patients with gastrointestinal food allergy. Allergy 2011; DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2011.02738.x. ABSTRACT: Background: Food allergy may present with a plethora of gastrointestinal and extraintestinal symptoms such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, cardiocirculatory symptoms, cutaneous reactions, or rhinitis. Macropathological lesions like lymphofollicular hyperplasia and erosive or ulcerative lesions have seldom been described in gastroscopy and colonoscopy previously. Methods: Fifteen patients presenting with unspecific abdominal symptoms in which food allergy was detected in due course were included. During the examination process, those patients showed various indications for small-bowel capsule endoscopy, such as weight loss and anemia. Results: Fourteen (93.3%) of the 15 small-bowel capsule endoscopies could be assessed, showing nonerosive lesions such as erythema, swelling, and lymphoid hyperplasia in 8 patients (57.1%) and erosive lesions such as aphthoid lesions, erosions, and petechiae in 4 patients (28.6%) with food allergy. Conclusion: In 15 patients with confirmed food allergy and after exclusion of other diseases, 12 (85.7%) showed various unspecific nonerosive or erosive mucosal lesions within the small bowel, resulting, however, partially in grave consequences such as anemia. Lymphoid hyperplasia was the most prominent finding in 7 patients (50%), albeit infectious disease had been excluded. Anemia improved within 1 year after adequate antiallergic treatment. |
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A F Hagel; T M de Rossi; Y Zopf; A S Lindner; W Dauth; M F Neurath; M Raithel |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-10-28 |
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Title: Allergy Volume: - ISSN: 1398-9995 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Oct |
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Created Date: 2011-10-31 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7804028 Medline TA: Allergy Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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© 2011 John Wiley & Sons A/S. |
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Department of Medicine I, University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA, USA. |
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