TY - JOUR
T1 - Malrotation of the intestine and chronic volvulus as a cause of protein-losing enteropathy in infancy
AU - Zellos, Aglaia
AU - Zarganis, Diagoras
AU - Ypsiladis, Stelios
AU - Chatzis, Dimitris
AU - Papaioannou, Georgia
AU - Bartsocas, Christos
PY - 2012/2
Y1 - 2012/2
N2 - Protein-losing enteropathy in children is caused by intestinal metabolic, inflammatory, or infectious processes, or by lymphatic obstruction (intestinal lymphangiectasia). In this report, a 17-month-old child is presented with protein-losing enteropathy due to intestinal malrotation and chronic midgut volvulus causing lymphatic obstruction and spillage of lymph in the intestine and the peritoneum. This report should alert the pediatrician that intestinal malrotation should be added to the wide list of possible causes of protein-losing enteropathy in children.
AB - Protein-losing enteropathy in children is caused by intestinal metabolic, inflammatory, or infectious processes, or by lymphatic obstruction (intestinal lymphangiectasia). In this report, a 17-month-old child is presented with protein-losing enteropathy due to intestinal malrotation and chronic midgut volvulus causing lymphatic obstruction and spillage of lymph in the intestine and the peritoneum. This report should alert the pediatrician that intestinal malrotation should be added to the wide list of possible causes of protein-losing enteropathy in children.
KW - Children
KW - Chronic midgut volvulus
KW - Intestinal malrotation
KW - Protein-losing enteropathy
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U2 - 10.1542/peds.2011-0937
DO - 10.1542/peds.2011-0937
M3 - Article
C2 - 22271689
AN - SCOPUS:84856551139
SN - 0031-4005
VL - 129
JO - Pediatrics
JF - Pediatrics
IS - 2
ER -