PEDIATRICS Vol. 6 No. 4 October 1950, pp. 601-606
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DUODENITIS IN CHILDHOOD

JAMES B. GILLESPIE M.D.1 and RICHARD E. DUKES M.D.1

1 The Department of Pediatrics, Carle Memorial Hospital and Carle Hospital Clinic, Urbana. Ill.

Six cases of duodenitis in childhood are reported and the literature is briefly reviewed. Recovery was prompt and uneventful in all but one patient in this group. In the single instance chronic duodenitis existed for a period of four years despite a medical regime considered adequate. The possible presence of an inflammatory lesion of the duodenum should be considered in any child with vague or ulcer-like abdominal complaints. A clinical diagnosis can only be suspected and roentgen studies of the stomach and duodenum are indicated in cases of obscure gastric discomfort.

Submitted on February 15, 1950