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Collagenous gastritis in association with collagenous colitis: A rare condition

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The association of collagenous gastritis with collagenous colitis is rare. Before this case report only nine cases were published. This association is most often found in middle-aged women and is characterised by chronic watery diarrhea and weight loss. The diagnosis is made based on multiple biopsies of the digestive tract, where inflammation and a subepithelial collagen deposition exceeding ten micron are found. The best treatment results have been obtained with topical corticosteroids (budenoside). In this manuscript, the symptomatology, the pathophysiology, the diagnosis and the treatment of this rare disease are described.
Tijdschrift: Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde
ISSN: 0371-683X
Issue: 13
Volume: 68
Pagina's: 676 - 681
Jaar van publicatie:2012