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Allergic colitis surgery
Introduction
Overview
Overview
There is no indication for surgical intervention in allergic colitis.
Surgery
Surgery
There is no surgical treatment of allergic colitis. Role of surgery in allergic colitis is limited to biopsy during endoscopy for patients with atypical presentation.[1][2][3][4]
References
References
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- ↑ Hwang JB, Park MH, Kang YN, Kim SP, Suh SI, Kam S (2007). “Advanced criteria for clinicopathological diagnosis of food protein-induced proctocolitis”. J Korean Med Sci. 22 (2): 213–7. doi:10.3346/jkms.2007.22.2.213. PMC 2693584. PMID 17449926.
- ↑ Odze RD, Wershil BK, Leichtner AM, Antonioli DA (1995). “Allergic colitis in infants”. J Pediatr. 126 (2): 163–70. PMID 7844660.
- ↑ Molnár K, Pintér P, GyÅ‘rffy H, Cseh A, Müller KE, Arató A; et al. (2013). “Characteristics of allergic colitis in breast-fed infants in the absence of cow’s milk allergy”. World J Gastroenterol. 19 (24): 3824–30. doi:10.3748/wjg.v19.i24.3824. PMC 3699042. PMID 23840121.
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