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In adults untreated coeliac disease (CD) is associated with a wide variety of malignant complications. The overall mortality in CD is approximately twice that of the general population. The excess deaths are due mainly to intestinal lymphoma. In Europe, only 26 cases of CD and cancer in children
Neutropenic enteropathy and multiple myeloma. Neutropenic enteropathy (NE) is an acute entity with an aggressive clinical behavior. The most common reported association of NE is with neutropenic children under chemotherapy for leukemias and lymphomas, other less common causes include: neutropenic
A 46-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital with complaints of chronic diarrhoea, vomiting and severe muscle weakness. Clinical examination showed a lethargic, malnourished, dehydrated patient with ascites and bilateral leg oedema. Laboratory evaluation revealed mild normochromic normocytic
OBJECTIVE
To describe the clinical outcome of dietary management of Yorkshire terriers with protein-losing enteropathy without immunosuppressive/anti-inflammatory medications.
METHODS
Records were searched for Yorkshire terriers with hypoalbuminaemia and a clinical diagnosis of protein-losing
Protein-losing gastropathy is an uncommon disease of uncertain etiology, known also as Menetrier's disease. In medical literature only 50 pediatric cases have been described. These childhood forms, in contrast to classic adult Menetrier's disease, have a typical benign and transient course, and
Autoimmune enteropathy (AIE) is a rare cause of small bowel villous atrophy, characterized by malabsorption, unresponsiveness to dietary restriction, circulating autoantibodies to enterocytes, and an overall predisposition to autoimmunity. Albeit mainly regarded as a disease of early childhood,
BACKGROUND
Autoimmune enteropathy is normally characterised by crypt hyperplastic villous atrophy with enterocyte autoantibodies, activation of mucosal lymphocytes and increased epithelial HLA-DR. This case involved a severely affected Portuguese infant who was found to have lymphocyte activation
We report a 56-year old female with mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy (MNGIE), presenting with protein-losing gastroenteropathy and serum copper deficiency. There was no neuromuscular disease in her family members. Three years prior to admission, she developed severe
Cow's milk protein sensitive enteropathy (CMPSE) is characterized by the following items: 1. The great majority of affected infants have not been breast fed or only for a few days. Additional risks are immaturity, preceding enteritis, trisomy 21, and abdominal operation in the newborn. 2. Half of
A 63-year-old woman was referred and admitted to our department for further examination of protein-losing enteropathy (PLE), which was diagnosed by alpha-anti trypsin test. Her symptoms were frequent vomiting, watery diarrhea and hypoproteinemia. Although intensive examination for PLE was performed
Autoimmune enteropathy is a rare disorder of the immune system. We present a 75-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis who presented with 4 months of intractable vomiting, diarrhea, and unexplained weight loss. Initial workup was negative for infection and celiac disease, but her symptoms
We describe a familial form of recurrent acute, life-threatening secretory diarrhea associated with distinctive jejunal histologic changes and IgG2 subclass deficiency. Symptoms begin abruptly with anorexia and vomiting, and progress within hours to massive secretory diarrhea and shock with profound
The ultrasonographic findings in a one-and-a-half-year-old female basenji with immunoproliferative enteropathy are described. On ultrasonographic examination, generalised thickening of the small bowel wall was found, ranging between 4 and 6 mm. The normal layered appearance of the intestinal wall
This is a report of seven-year-old male Akita mixed dog, with protein-losing enteropathy (PLE). He had a history of chronic vomiting and diarrhea with anorexia/hyporexia. Previously he suffered acute abdomen about eight months prior to this visit. Our dog showed uncommon combination of diseases that