Endometriosis of the small intestine presenting as a protein-losing enteropathy
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This case report describes a cachetic woman with hypoalbuminemia due to protein-losing enteropathy, ultimately diagnosed as small intestine endometriosis after surgical resection.
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A 46-yr-old multiparous cachetic woman presented with severe hypoalbuminemia in the absence of liver disease, proteinuria, and/or protracted starvation. The clinical presentation and work-up was indicative of protein-losing enteropathy. She developed an acute partial small bowel obstruction, and a presumptive diagnosis of lymphoma of the small intestine was entertained. Surgical resection of the terminal ileum revealed transmural involvement of the bowel by endometriosis. Her postoperative recovery was uneventful, with return of her serum albumin levels to normal.
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Cited by (7)
- Role of EUS and EUS-guided FNA in the diagnosis of symptomatic rectosigmoid endometriosis 2006
- [Exclusive ileal endometriosis] 2005
- Evidence for asymmetric distribution of lower intestinal tract endometriosis 2004
- Endometriosis ileal. A propósito de un caso 2001
- Anasarca and small bowel obstruction secondary to endometriosis 2001
- Extrapelvic endometriosis 1997
- Ileal endometriosis masquerading as Crohn's ileitis 1997
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