Helicobacter pylori and gastric lymphonodular hyperplasia in children

Am J Gastroenterol. 1992 Jan;87(1):135-9.

Abstract

The association of gastric lymphonodular hyperplasia and Helicobacter pylori infection has been reported only in children. Lymphonodular hyperplasia of the stomach is a well known radiographic and endoscopic entity. Over the past three decades, it has been associated with many conditions, ranging from a normal variant to a premalignant lesion. We have recently encountered five children with gastric lymphonodular hyperplasia, all of whom had H. pylori infection of the antrum. The literature regarding this association is reviewed, and a possible explanation for this age-dependent expression of H. pylori infection is offered.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Female
  • Gastric Mucosa / microbiology
  • Gastric Mucosa / pathology*
  • Helicobacter Infections / pathology*
  • Helicobacter pylori*
  • Humans
  • Hyperplasia / microbiology
  • Lymphoid Tissue / pathology*
  • Male
  • Stomach Diseases / microbiology
  • Stomach Diseases / pathology