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Query: UMLS:C0162316 (
iron deficiency anemia
)
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Lymphocytic gastritis
(LG) is a chronic inflammatory process of poorly understood pathogenesis. We report the case of a 12-year-old premenstrual girl with refractory
iron deficiency anemia
in which the oral iron absorption challenge suggested iron malabsorption. Laboratory studies ruled out celiac disease and autoimmune gastritis, and carbon-13 urea breath test for Helicobacter pylori was also negative. Upper endoscopy with gastric body and antral mucosa biopsies revealed a LG with focal intestinal metaplasia and H. pylori infection. H. pylori eradication was undertaken with success and 3 months later her hematologic parameters normalized. Histologic reevaluation showed disappearance of LG. This case shows that investigation of malabsorption disease in the presence of refractory
iron deficiency anemia
can lead to the diagnosis of important gastric diseases, even in the absence of gastrointestinal symptoms. This nonceliac child was diagnosed with a severe histopathologic pattern of LG, with potential risk of malignant transformation, which was completely reverted with adequate H. pylori eradication treatment.
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PMID:Iron deficiency anemia due to lymphocytic gastritis with Helicobacter pylori infection in childhood: case report. 2352 8
Lymphocytic gastritis
is an idiopathic disease, characterized by intraepithelial infiltration of large numbers of T lymphocytes and often described in association with coeliac disease and Helicobacter pylori infection. Although usually associated with
iron deficiency anaemia
, there is no description on the association between lymphocytic gastritis and secondary vitamin B
12
deficiency anaemia. We describe a rare case of recurrent anaemia in a patient with lymphocytic gastritis reversed with vitamin B
12
replacement.
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PMID:Recurrent anaemia in a patient with lymphocytic gastritis and vitamin B
12
deficiency. 2894 31
