Colonic Abnormalities in Manitoban Children with Helicobacter pylori Gastritis

Table 4

Colonic changes found on colonoscopy of 22 patients with colonic change + H. pylori infection.

Nature of colonic changes	Number of cases (%)
Colitis	15 (68.1)
(i) Type
(a) Chronic quiescent	3
(b) Chronic active	4
(c) Acute/active	5
(ii) Severity
(a) Mild	5
(b) Moderate	5
(c) Severe	2
(iii) Extent
(a) Focal	3
(b) Diffuse	1
(iv) Others	3
(a) Stricture	1
(b) Granulomatous inflammation	1
(c) Eosinophilic colitis	1
Colonic polyps	5 (22.7)
(i) Juvenile polyp/hamartomatous polyp (Cronkhite-Canada syndrome)	2
(ii) Conventional polyp (tubular adenoma, FAP+)	2
(iii) Hyperplastic polyp	1
Mucosal prolapse/solitary rectal ulcer	2 (9.0)
Total number of cases	22