Iron Pill-Induced Gastritis in the Paediatric Population

Daniel Ching; Cathy Mews; Charles Crompton; Madhur Ravikumar; Disna Abeysuriya

doi:10.1155/2019/7527608

Iron Pill-Induced Gastritis in the Paediatric Population

Case Rep Pediatr. 2019 Sep 11:2019:7527608. doi: 10.1155/2019/7527608. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Daniel Ching¹, Cathy Mews², Charles Crompton³, Madhur Ravikumar², Disna Abeysuriya¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anatomical Pathology, PathWest Laboratory Medicine, Perth Children's Hospital, Nedlands, Australia.
² Department of Gastroenterology, Perth Children's Hospital, Nedlands, Australia.
³ Department of Nephrology, Perth Children's Hospital, Nedlands, Australia.

Abstract

Iron is the most common trace mineral in the body. The effects of iatrogenic iron pill-induced gastritis (IPIG) at therapeutic levels are underreported and underappreciated in the paediatric population. Herein, we report a case of an 11-year-old boy presenting with increasing epigastric pain and refusing oral intake secondary to iron pill tablets. We report only the second confirmed case of a paediatric patient with IPIG in the peer-reviewed literature.

Publication types

Case Reports