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Cow’s milk allergy presenting Hirschsprung’s disease-mimicking symptoms

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The authors present a neonatal case of allergic colitis, which manifested the difficulty of spontaneous defecation and irregular narrowing of distal rectum in contrast enema. Rectal suction biopsy showed positive acetylcholinesterase activity. These clinical, radiological and histological findings were indistinguishable from Hirschsprung’s disease. Gastrointestinal symptoms were improved by the cessation of cow’s milk formula. The present findings may impact on the less recognizable gastrointestinal manifestation of allergic colitis.

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  1. Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health, 840 Murodo-cho, Izumi, Osaka, 594-1101, Japan

    Masanobu Kawai, Shinobu Ida, Yukiyo Yamamura & Norikazu Yoshimura

  2. Department of Pathology, Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health, 840 Murodo-cho, Izumi, Osaka, 594-1101, Japan

    Makoto Takeuchi & Masahiro Nakayama

  3. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health, 840 Murodo-cho, Izumi, Osaka, 594-1101, Japan

    Akio Kubota, Hiroomi Okuyama, Takaharu Oue, Hisayoshi Kawahara & Akira Okada

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Kawai, M., Kubota, A., Ida, S. et al. Cow’s milk allergy presenting Hirschsprung’s disease-mimicking symptoms. Ped Surgery Int 21, 850–852 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-005-1546-y

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