Prabin Sharma1, Andrea Barbieri2, Amir Masoud3
1Department of Internal Medicine, Yale New Haven Health, Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, USA.
2Department of Pathology, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, USA.
3Department of Section of Digestive Diseases, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, USA.
DOI: 10.4103/jnsbm.JNSBM_184_17
ABSTRACT
Collagenous gastritis (CG) is a rare disease, which is characterized by subepithelial deposition of collagen in the gastric mucosa, surface epithelial injury, and a lamina propria inflammatory infiltrate. Approximately 100 cases of CG have been reported in the literature. We report another case of a young girl who presented to us with severe anemia and chronic diarrhea and was diagnosed with CG based on clinical features and endoscopic and pathologic findings. She was successfully managed with oral iron, sucralfate, and proton pump inhibitor therapy.
Keywords: Anemia, Collagenous colitis, Collagenous gastritis, Diarrhea.
