A Gentleman with an Unusual cause of Hypoalbuminemia

Protein-losing enteropathy (PLE) is a rare syndrome of gastrointestinal protein loss that may complicate a variety of diseases. The primary causes can be divided into erosive gastrointestinal disorders, nonerosive gastrointestinal disorders, and disorders involving increased central venous pressure...

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Published inClinical Medicine Insights. Gastroenterology Vol. 2012; no. 5; pp. 5 - 8
Main Authors Law, Siu-Tong, Chuen, Chiu, Sin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England Libertas Academica 01.01.2012
SAGE Publishing
SAGE Publications
Sage Publications Ltd. (UK)
Subjects
Abdominal pain
Abnormalities
Albumin
Ascites
Care and treatment
Case Report
Case studies
Diagnosis
Health aspects
GIST
protein losing enteropathy
Tc-99m labeled human serum albumin scintigraphy
hypoalbuminemia
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor
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Summary:Protein-losing enteropathy (PLE) is a rare syndrome of gastrointestinal protein loss that may complicate a variety of diseases. The primary causes can be divided into erosive gastrointestinal disorders, nonerosive gastrointestinal disorders, and disorders involving increased central venous pressure or mesenteric lymphatic obstruction. Herein, we report on a 65-year-old man with PLE caused by invasive gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). To our best knowledge, this is the first reported association between GIST and PLE. A brief review of the literature on the incidence, pathogenesis and management of GIST is also presented.
ISSN:1179-5522
1179-5522
DOI:10.4137/CGast.S8083