Abstract

ACOSTA-HERNANDEZ, Yunier; VANTERPOOL-HECTOR, Miguel  and  SOARES-MENEZES, Augusta. Ulcerative colitis: about a pediatric case. Rev. inf. cient. [online]. 2021, vol.100, n.3  Epub May 30, 2021. ISSN 1028-9933.

The case of an 8-year-old male patient with a previous health history was presented, referred to the Gastroenterology outpatient clinic of the Guido Valadares National Hospital, East Timor, for recurrent episodes of mucosanguineous diarrhea accompanied by abdominal pain in the hypogastrium with four months of evolution. Laboratory tests, abdominal ultrasound and video colonoscopy with cytology and biopsy of the colon mucosa were performed. The endoscopic study reported extensive ulcerative colitis and the histology gave the diagnosis of a chronic inflammatory bowel disease of the ulcerative colitis type. Ulcerative colitis is an inflammatory intestinal process of unknown origin that causes chronic, diffuse and continuous inflammation in the mucosa and submucosa. Its incidence in children is increasing and affects even infants. Dietary and drug treatment was indicated. He is currently asymptomatic and undergoes monthly follow-up in the Digestive Clinic.

Keywords : ulcerative colitis; chronic inflammatory bowel disease; kids; East Timor.

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