Infantile Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Maria Beatrice  P. Teves,

Infantile Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Abstract:

Inflammatory bowel disease is a chronic disorder of the gastrointestinal tract that usually affects adolescents and young adults. It is rare among infants making up only less than 1% of pediatric cases. This is a case of infantile inflammatory bowel disease who presented with early onset hematochezia, with colonoscopy and histopathologic findings consistent with ulcerative colitis. He was managed with mesalazine, a 5-ASA derivative, the mainstay of treatment.

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