[Efficacy of meloxicam in juvenile polyposis syndrome. A case report]

Pediatr Med Chir. 2009 Mar-Apr;31(2):86-8.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

The Authors present a case of a 11 year-old patient with a history of Juvenile Polyposis Syndrome (JPS), a condition characterized by the occurrence of multiple hamartomatous polyps in the gastrointestinal tract. Patients with JPS are traditionally treated by repeated endoscopic polypectomies and elective surgery. Recent studies reported up-regulation of cyclo-ossigenase 2 (COX-2) in colorectal polyps. Specific COX-2 inhibitors have been withdrown from the market for tromboembolic side effects. However efficacy and safety of preferential selective COX-2 inhibitor has been reported as antiinflammatory drugs also in children. In this patient meloxicam treatment, a preferential selective COX-2 inhibitor, leaded to a significant reduction in the number of colorectal polyps during 3 years follow up.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenomatous Polyposis Coli / diagnosis
  • Child
  • Colonic Polyps / diagnosis*
  • Colonic Polyps / drug therapy*
  • Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Meloxicam
  • Syndrome
  • Thiazines / therapeutic use*
  • Thiazoles / therapeutic use*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors
  • Thiazines
  • Thiazoles
  • Meloxicam