Endoscopic Small Intestinal Biopsy in Infants and Children

Forty‐seven endoscopic small intestinal biopsies were performed in children with chronic diarrhea and malabsorption and suspected celiac disease. The purpose of this study was to reach the distal duodenum or proximal jejunum with large channel panendoscopes in order to get adequate samples for histo...

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Published inJournal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition Vol. 9; no. 2; pp. 178 - 181
Main Authors Kirberg, Arturo, José Latorre, Juan, Hartard, María Elena
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.08.1989
Subjects
Celiac disease
Pediatric endoscopy
Small intestinal biopsy
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Summary:Forty‐seven endoscopic small intestinal biopsies were performed in children with chronic diarrhea and malabsorption and suspected celiac disease. The purpose of this study was to reach the distal duodenum or proximal jejunum with large channel panendoscopes in order to get adequate samples for histopathological diagnosis. Patients younger than 8 years of age were anesthetized with ketamine. Time required for the full procedure was < 10 min in most cases. There were no failures or complications. In all 47 endoscopic examinations, histologically adequate specimens of small bowel mucosa were obtained. These results suggest that this is a safe, quick, and easy method to obtain high‐quality samples for histopathological diagnosis of enteropathies.
ISSN:0277-2116
1536-4801
DOI:10.1002/j.1536-4801.1989.tb09852.x