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Vol. 28 No. 2 (2017): 2017.28.2-Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Hypergammaglobulinemia is a marker of extraintestinal manifestations in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease

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Manar Matar
Firas Rinawi
Raanan Shamir
Amit Assa

Abstract

Background/Aims: The significance of hypergammaglobulinemia as a phenotypic feature of inflammatory bowel disease is unknown. Thus, we aimed to analyze the magnitude and significance of hypergammaglobulinemia in newly diagnosed pediatric inflammatory bowel disease patients. <o:p></o:p>
 
Materials and Methods: The medical records of 296 pediatric onset inflammatory bowel disease patients who were evaluated from 2002 to 2015 were retrospectively reviewed. Patients with recorded immunoglobulin G (IgG) levels were categorized as either normal or high IgG levels at diagnosis. Baseline characteristics included age at onset, sex, severity indices, laboratory data, extraintestinal manifestations, endoscopic findings, and anthropometric measurements.<o:p></o:p>
 
Results: Of 184 subjects [mean age, 13.2±2.8 years; 105 (60%) males] with recorded IgG levels, 129 (70%) had Crohn disease, 46 (25%) had ulcerative colitis, and 9 (5%) had unclassified inflammatory bowel disease. Overall, 46 patients (25%) had hypergammaglobulinemia, including 30 (23%) with Crohn disease, 14 (30%) with ulcerative colitis, and 2 (22%) with unclassified disease. Hypergammaglobulinemia was associated with the female sex (55% vs. 35%; p=0.03) and extraintestinal manifestations (70% vs. 10%; p<0.0001), including arthritis, skin disorders, and primary sclerosing cholangitis but not with arthralgia. It was also associated with corticosteroid induction (68% vs. 45%; p=0.02) and maintenance with an immunomodulator (61% vs. 21%; p=0.0001) after diagnosis. In ulcerative colitis patients, hypergammaglobulinemia was associated with a high pancolitis prevalence (p=0.002). <o:p></o:p>
 
Conclusion: Hypergammaglobulinemia is a marker of extraintestinal manifestations in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease and may assist in distinguishing arthritis from arthralgia.
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