An unexpected cause of weight loss in a teenaged girl

Journal of Paediatrics and Child HealthEarly View Case Report An unexpected cause of weight loss in a teenaged girl Elizabeth E. Dong, Elizabeth E. Dong orcid.org/0000-0001-8122-8012 Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USASearch for more papers by this authorNeha Joshi, Neha Joshi Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USASearch for more papers by this authorGabriel Tse, Corresponding Author Gabriel Tse [email protected] Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA Correspondence: Dr Gabriel Tse, Stanford Center for Academic Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 453 Quarry Road, Palo Alto, CA, 94304, USA. Fax: 650-736-6690; email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author Elizabeth E. Dong, Elizabeth E. Dong orcid.org/0000-0001-8122-8012 Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USASearch for more papers by this authorNeha Joshi, Neha Joshi Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USASearch for more papers by this authorGabriel Tse, Corresponding Author Gabriel Tse [email protected] Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA Correspondence: Dr Gabriel Tse, Stanford Center for Academic Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 453 Quarry Road, Palo Alto, CA, 94304, USA. Fax: 650-736-6690; email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author First published: 12 May 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.16424 Conflict of interest: None declared. Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL No abstract is available for this article. References 1Kucik CJ, Martin GL, Sortor BV. Common intestinal parasites. Am. Fam. Physician 2004; 69: 1161– 8. 2Zuvarox T, Belletieri C. Malabsorption syndromes. In: StatPearls. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing Copyright © 2023, StatPearls Publishing LLC; 2023. 3Ledermann HP, Börner N, Strunk H, Bongartz G, Zollikofer C, Stuckmann G. Bowel wall thickening on transabdominal sonography. AJR Am. J. Roentgenol. 2000; 174: 107– 17. 4Rosen MJ, Dhawan A, Saeed SA. Inflammatory bowel disease in children and adolescents. JAMA Pediatr. 2015; 169: 1053– 60. 5 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association; 2013. 6Al Nasser Y, Muco E, Alsaad AJ. Pica. In: StatPearls. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing Copyright © 2022, StatPearls Publishing LLC; 2022. 7Leung AKC, Hon KL. Pica: A common condition that is commonly missed - an update review. Curr. Pediatr. Rev. 2019; 15: 164– 9. 8Coltman CA Jr. Pagophagia and iron lack. JAMA 1969; 207: 513– 6. 9Osman YM, Wali YA, Osman OM. Craving for ice and iron-deficiency anemia: A case series from Oman. Pediatr. Hematol. Oncol. 2005; 22: 127– 31. 10Reynolds RD et al. Pagophagia and iron deficiency anemia. Ann. Intern. Med. 1968; 69: 435– 40. 11Schnitzler E. The neurology and psychopathology of pica. Curr. Neurol. Neurosci. Rep. 2022; 22: 531– 6. 12Simonetti I, Puglia M, Tarotto L et al. When traditions become dangerous: Intestinal perforation from unusual foreign body-case report and short literature review. Eur J Radiol Open 2019; 6: 152– 5. 13Müller KE, Arató A, Lakatos PL, Papp M, Veres G. Foreign body impaction in the sigmoid colon: A twenty euro bet. World J. Gastroenterol. 2013; 19: 3892– 4. Early ViewOnline Version of Record before inclusion in an issue ReferencesRelatedInformation