A Rare Cause of Protein Losing Enteropathy: Collagenous Sprue

Collagenous sprue is a clinicopathological entity with an unknown etiology. Its clinical features include progressive malabsorption, diarrhea, weight loss, unresponsiveness to treatment, and high mortality rates. The age interval of collagenous sprue is quite broad and ranges between 2 and 85 years....

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Published inFetal and pediatric pathology Vol. 34; no. 2; pp. 133 - 135
Main Authors Karaku, Esra, Ekinci, Özgür, K rsaçl o lu, Ceyda Tuna, Özayd n, Eda, Atakan, Canan, Dursun, Ay e
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Informa Healthcare 01.04.2015
Subjects
Celiac Disease - diagnosis
Celiac Disease - pathology
Collagen - metabolism
collagenous sprue
Collagenous Sprue - diagnosis
Collagenous Sprue - pathology
complicated celiac disease
Humans
Infant
Intestine, Small - pathology
Male
Protein-Losing Enteropathies - diagnosis
Protein-Losing Enteropathies - pathology
small intestine
complicated celiac disease
small intestine
collagenous sprue
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Summary:Collagenous sprue is a clinicopathological entity with an unknown etiology. Its clinical features include progressive malabsorption, diarrhea, weight loss, unresponsiveness to treatment, and high mortality rates. The age interval of collagenous sprue is quite broad and ranges between 2 and 85 years. As far as to our knowledge, the presented case is the first reported case in infancy.
ISSN:1551-3815
1551-3823
DOI:10.3109/15513815.2014.987935