A 9-month-old girl with lower GI bleeding
     
   
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History:
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stool exam : soft, black, no cell, occult bl. + ve; á¾·Âì¹Ñ´·Ó Barium enema
    Past history:
   

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Physical examination:
   

GA: active, markedly pale, no jaundice
VS: T 36.7 C, P 130 / min, RR 30 / min, BP 92/55 mmHg, BW 7,145 g. ,Ht 67 cm., W/A 89% , H/A 94% , W/H 100 %
HEENT: normal
RS: Normal breath sound, no adventitious sound
CVS: normal S1 S2 , no murmur
Abdomen: soft, no distension, not tender, no guarding, no rigidity, BS-active, liver and spleen – not palpable
Extremities: No edema, no rash, no BCG scar
PR: fresh blood

   
Basic investigations:
   

CBC : Hct 25.9%, wbc 10,800/cumm (N 26, Eo 5, L 58, M 9, ATL 2) Plt 387,000/cumm
Coagulogram : PT 12.5 s, INR 1.0, PTT 35 s

    Additional history :
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Hct 32% , wbc 8,500 (N19, L69, E8, ATL1, B1, M2) plt 216,000
Hct 30% , wbc 7,900 (N15, E4, L78, M3) plt 250,000
   

Problem lists:
1. Lower GI bleeding with anemia
2. Chronic mild PEM
3. Family history of allergy
4. Eosinophilia
5. Underlying imperforate anus

   
Differential diagnosis:
   
  • Cow’s milk protein allergy
  • Eosinophilic colitis
  • Meckel's diverticulum
   

Further investigations:

   
Stool exam - no cell, occult bl.+ve
Stool culture - no growth
Double air contrast barium enema :
>>Numerous small nodular lesions along surface of colonic mucosa, predominately on left sided colon. A lot of them show central umbilication.
Imp : Numerous lymphoid hyperplasia.
Specific Ig E for cow’s milk : low specific IgE (class I)
Precipitin test : negative
Colonoscopy with biopsy:
>>Multiple lymphoid hyperplasia entire colon.
Biopsy: Submucosal lymphoid hyperplasia, superficial ulceration and acute inflammation.
   
   
Figure 1 : Colonic biopsy
    Final diagnosis:
Colonic Lymphonodular hyperplasia
   
Treatment and clinical course:
   
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Intestinal lymphonodular hyperplasia in childhood
   

>>most commom presentation : abdominal pain (periumbilical and dull cramping, not radiate, not relieved by defecation, eating or body position, never nocturnal) 58%, hematochezia 32% (streaky,red to dark red blood , mixed with mucous,
and coating stool)
>>Clinical patterns :
1. < 1 year: male (72%) with painless hematochezia (72%) and pancolonic LNH distribution (78%)
2. 2-6 years : abdominal pain and hematochezia, colonic 80%
3. > 7 years : abdominal pain (82%) with mixed LNH distribution, small bowel 44%, large bowel 56%

>>Barium enema:
Superficial, uniform 1-3 mm. nodular filling defects, vary 1-5 nodules/cm.
Classical central umbilication.
Segmental or pancolonic.

>>Endoscopy :
Smooth 1-2 mm. nodule, yellow to pink to white, small reddish dot or punctate spot.

>>Pathology :
Typical lymphoid follicles just below the mucosa, No parasitic, eosinophilic or exudative

>>Etiology:
Unknown (allergic response, Ig A def. with giardiasis and chronic diarrhea, Crohn’s D., lymphoma in adults)
Treatment :
>> Pain/ bleeding treated with Cyproheptadine -->symptoms cleared in 14-21 d.
>> Prednisolone (0.5 mg/kg) 3-6 wk.

   

REFERENCE:
Colon AR, DiPalma JS, Leftridge CA. Intestinal lymphonodular hyperplasia of childhood: patterns of presentation. J Clin Gastroenterol 1991;13:163-6.