Gastrointestinal symptoms and endoscopy findings after pediatric solid organ transplantation: A case series.
children
de novo inflammatory bowel disease
diarrhea
ileocolonoscopy
post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder
transplantation
Journal
Pediatric transplantation
ISSN: 1399-3046
Titre abrégé: Pediatr Transplant
Pays: Denmark
ID NLM: 9802574
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
11 2022
11 2022
Historique:
revised:
22
06
2022
received:
13
03
2022
accepted:
25
07
2022
pubmed:
12
8
2022
medline:
13
10
2022
entrez:
11
8
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Gastrointestinal symptoms are common among solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients. Information about colonoscopy findings after pediatric SOT is limited. This retrospective study reports endoscopy findings in a nationwide pediatric transplant recipient cohort. All pediatric recipients (kidney, liver, or heart) transplanted between 2010 and 2020 at our institution (n = 193) who had undergone ileocolonoscopy and upper gastrointestinal endoscopy after SOT were enrolled. Sixteen patients were identified. A meticulous search on clinical data including transplantation, gastrointestinal symptoms, endoscopy findings, and follow-up data was performed. Endoscopy was performed at a median of 2.6 years (0.4-13.3) after the first transplantation (median age at SOT 1.2 years). Gastrointestinal symptoms leading to endoscopy did not differ between the different transplant groups. The leading endoscopy indications were prolonged diarrhea and anemia. PTLD was found in 8 (50%) patients. Five were histologically early PTLD lesions and three were monomorphic large B-cell PTLDs (two EBV-positive and one EBV-negative), one having previously been diagnosed with autoimmune enteropathy. One patient had EBV enteritis. De novo inflammatory bowel disease was found in one patient, eosinophilic gastroenteritis in another, and in one patient with several episodes of watery diarrhea, the histological finding was mild non-specific colitis. In four patients, the endoscopy finding remained unclear and the symptoms were suspected to be caused by infectious agents or mycophenolate. PTDL with various stages is a common finding after pediatric SOT in patients with gastrointestinal symptoms. Endoscopy should be considered in transplant recipients with prolonged diarrhea, anemia, and/or abdominal pain.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
Gastrointestinal symptoms are common among solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients. Information about colonoscopy findings after pediatric SOT is limited. This retrospective study reports endoscopy findings in a nationwide pediatric transplant recipient cohort.
METHODS
All pediatric recipients (kidney, liver, or heart) transplanted between 2010 and 2020 at our institution (n = 193) who had undergone ileocolonoscopy and upper gastrointestinal endoscopy after SOT were enrolled. Sixteen patients were identified. A meticulous search on clinical data including transplantation, gastrointestinal symptoms, endoscopy findings, and follow-up data was performed.
RESULTS
Endoscopy was performed at a median of 2.6 years (0.4-13.3) after the first transplantation (median age at SOT 1.2 years). Gastrointestinal symptoms leading to endoscopy did not differ between the different transplant groups. The leading endoscopy indications were prolonged diarrhea and anemia. PTLD was found in 8 (50%) patients. Five were histologically early PTLD lesions and three were monomorphic large B-cell PTLDs (two EBV-positive and one EBV-negative), one having previously been diagnosed with autoimmune enteropathy. One patient had EBV enteritis. De novo inflammatory bowel disease was found in one patient, eosinophilic gastroenteritis in another, and in one patient with several episodes of watery diarrhea, the histological finding was mild non-specific colitis. In four patients, the endoscopy finding remained unclear and the symptoms were suspected to be caused by infectious agents or mycophenolate.
CONCLUSIONS
PTDL with various stages is a common finding after pediatric SOT in patients with gastrointestinal symptoms. Endoscopy should be considered in transplant recipients with prolonged diarrhea, anemia, and/or abdominal pain.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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