Successful Treatment of Protein-Losing Enteropathy Induced by Intestinal Lymphangiectasia in a Liver Cirrhosis Patient with Octreotide: A Case Report
Journal of Korean Medical Science
; : 466-469, 2004.
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ABSTRACT
A 47-yr-old man with hepatitis B virus associated liver cirrhosis was admitted to our hospital with diarrhea and generalized edema and diagnosed as protein-losing enteropathy due to intestinal lymphangiectasia by intestinal biopsy and 99mTc albumin scan. During hospitalization, he received subcutaneous octreotide therapy. After 2 weeks of octreotide therapy, follow-up albumin scan showed no albumin leakage, and the serum albumin level was sustained. We speculate that liver cirrhosis can be a cause of intestinal lymphangiectasia and administration of octreotide should be considered for patients with intestinal lymphangiectasia whose clinical and biochemical abnormalities do not respond to a low-fat diet.
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Enteropatías Perdedoras de Proteínas
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Octreótido
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Virus de la Hepatitis B
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Duodeno
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Hepatitis B
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Enfermedades Intestinales
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Yeyuno
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Cirrosis Hepática
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Linfangiectasia Intestinal
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Journal of Korean Medical Science
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2004
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