Tropical sprue in an expatriate
Tropical sprue is a postinfective malabsorption syndrome that occurs in some tropical endemic areas. A 65-year-old Caucasian patient, with no significant past medical history, living in Cambodia for 10 years, presented with a 23 kg weight loss and chronic diarrhea. Clinical examination was unremarka...
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Published in | La revue de medecine interne Vol. 33; no. 5; pp. 284 - 287 |
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Abstract | Tropical sprue is a postinfective malabsorption syndrome that occurs in some tropical endemic areas.
A 65-year-old Caucasian patient, with no significant past medical history, living in Cambodia for 10 years, presented with a 23 kg weight loss and chronic diarrhea. Clinical examination was unremarkable. Laboratory tests showed a moderate nutritional deficiency syndrome. The upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showed duodenal villous atrophy and histological analysis confirmed subtotal villous atrophy with important intraepithelial lymphocytosis. The diagnosis of tropical sprue was considered on the epidemiological, clinical and biological context, and the absence of other cause of villous atrophy. A three-month duration treatment with antibiotics, folic acid and vitamin B12 was initiated. The clinical course was favorable with disappearance of diarrhea in 15 days. One year later, the patient had resumed his usual weight, and laboratory tests and duodenal biopsies were normal.
The diagnosis of tropical sprue should be systematically discussed in any malabsorption syndrome with villous atrophy in a patient living or having lived in the tropics. |
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AbstractList | Tropical sprue is a postinfective malabsorption syndrome that occurs in some tropical endemic areas.
A 65-year-old Caucasian patient, with no significant past medical history, living in Cambodia for 10 years, presented with a 23 kg weight loss and chronic diarrhea. Clinical examination was unremarkable. Laboratory tests showed a moderate nutritional deficiency syndrome. The upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showed duodenal villous atrophy and histological analysis confirmed subtotal villous atrophy with important intraepithelial lymphocytosis. The diagnosis of tropical sprue was considered on the epidemiological, clinical and biological context, and the absence of other cause of villous atrophy. A three-month duration treatment with antibiotics, folic acid and vitamin B12 was initiated. The clinical course was favorable with disappearance of diarrhea in 15 days. One year later, the patient had resumed his usual weight, and laboratory tests and duodenal biopsies were normal.
The diagnosis of tropical sprue should be systematically discussed in any malabsorption syndrome with villous atrophy in a patient living or having lived in the tropics. INTRODUCTIONTropical sprue is a postinfective malabsorption syndrome that occurs in some tropical endemic areas.CASE REPORTA 65-year-old Caucasian patient, with no significant past medical history, living in Cambodia for 10 years, presented with a 23 kg weight loss and chronic diarrhea. Clinical examination was unremarkable. Laboratory tests showed a moderate nutritional deficiency syndrome. The upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showed duodenal villous atrophy and histological analysis confirmed subtotal villous atrophy with important intraepithelial lymphocytosis. The diagnosis of tropical sprue was considered on the epidemiological, clinical and biological context, and the absence of other cause of villous atrophy. A three-month duration treatment with antibiotics, folic acid and vitamin B12 was initiated. The clinical course was favorable with disappearance of diarrhea in 15 days. One year later, the patient had resumed his usual weight, and laboratory tests and duodenal biopsies were normal.CONCLUSIONThe diagnosis of tropical sprue should be systematically discussed in any malabsorption syndrome with villous atrophy in a patient living or having lived in the tropics. |
Author | Perrot, G Jacquet, S-F Carmoi, T Lecoules, S Algayres, J-P Cambon, A Camilleri-Broet, S Bonnefoy, S Galéano-Cassaz, C Blondon, H Chauvin, A |
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