Daily Dilemmas in Pediatric Gastrointestinal Pathology

Abstract

The evaluation of gastrointestinal pathology in children often requires a different approach from that in adults. In this concise review, the authors outline 3 diagnostic challenges that are often encountered in daily practice; these include eosinophilic diseases, duodenal intraepithelial lymphocytosis with preserved villous architecture, and terminal ileal inflammation in the setting of idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease.

Keywords: Backwash ileitis; Celiac disease; Crohn disease; Duodenal intraepithelial lymphocytosis; Eosinophilic esophagitis; Mucosal eosinophilia; Terminal ileitis; Ulcerative colitis.