Kotlarz D, Egritas Gurkan O, Haskologlu ZS, Ekinci O, Aksu Unlusoy A, Gürcan Kaya N, Puchalka J, Klein C, Dalgic B. Differential diagnosis in ulcerative colitis in an adolescent: Chronic granulomatous disease needs extra attention. World J Gastrointest Pathophysiol 2017; 8(2): 87-92 [PMID: 28573071 DOI: 10.4291/wjgp.v8.i2.87]
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Odul Egritas Gurkan, MD, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Gazi University School of Medicine, Mevlana Boulevard, Besevler, 06510 Ankara, Turkey. odulmd2003@yahoo.com
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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Daniel Kotlarz, Jacek Puchalka, Cristoph Klein, Department of Pediatrics Dr. Von Hauner Children’s Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, 80539 Munich, Germany
Odul Egritas Gurkan, Aysel Aksu Unlusoy, Neslihan Gürcan Kaya, Buket Dalgic, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Gazi University School of Medicine, 06510 Ankara, Turkey
Zehra Sule Haskologlu, Department of Pediatric Immunology and Allergy, Ankara University School of Medicine, 06510 Ankara, Turkey
Ozgur Ekinci, Department of Pathology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, 06510 Ankara, Turkey
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Received: November 22, 2016 Peer-review started: November 24, 2016 First decision: December 15, 2016 Revised: March 11, 2017 Accepted: April 6, 2017 Article in press: April 10, 2017 Published online: May 15, 2017 Processing time: 174 Days and 14.1 Hours
Abstract
Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a primary immune deficiency that is commonly diagnosed under the age of 5 years (95%) and is rarely seen in adulthood. CGD may manifest as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in childhood. Without proper diagnosis, these patients may be monitored for years as IBD; some may even be regarded as steroid-resistant ulcerative colitis (UC) and end up having a colectomy. In this case report, we described a patient who had been followed-up for years as UC and subsequently underwent colectomy, but was finally diagnosed in adulthood as primary immune deficiency.
Core tip: In the context of current knowledge, monogenetic diseases are at the basis of early-onset inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Genetic and immunological studies on this subject have gained momentum in recent years. Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is an immune deficiency and may manifest itself as IBD. In an adolescent patient, CGD may present with clinical signs of IBD without evidence of immune deficiency. It should be kept in mind that CGD in adolescents may extend to adulthood.
