TY - JOUR
T1 - Somatostatin analogue therapy improved symptom and endoscopic findings of intestinal lymphangiectasia
AU - Honda, Kuniomi
AU - Ito, Ken Ichi
AU - Takahashi, Makoto
AU - Sadamoto, Yojiro
AU - Yoshimura, Rie
AU - Kubokawa, Masaru
AU - Tanaka, Munehiro
AU - Sasaki, Itaru
AU - Nakamura, Kazuhiko
AU - Harada, Naohiko
AU - Takata, Miyuki
AU - Nakamura, Norimoto
AU - Nawata, Hajime
PY - 2004/6
Y1 - 2004/6
N2 - A 63-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for his edema and abdominal fullness. Laboratory data revealed decreased level of serum albumin, α1-antitrypsin clearance test showed high level, and 99mTc human serum albumin scintigraphy revealed loss of protein into the intestinal tract. Endoscopy examination showed a lot of white specks in the upper jejunum and terminal ileum. A biopsy specimen revealed dilated lymphatic vessels in the mucosa. Therefore, he was diagnosed as protein-losing enteropathy due to intestinal lymphangiectasia. He was treated with low fat diet, diuretic and steroid, but his symptoms were not improved. After he was treated with somatostatin analogue therapy, his hypoalbuminemia, edema and ascites were gradually improved and his endoscopic findings was also improved. Therefore, somatostatin analogue therapy is a very useful treatment to protein-losing enteropathy due to intestinal lymphangiectasia.
AB - A 63-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for his edema and abdominal fullness. Laboratory data revealed decreased level of serum albumin, α1-antitrypsin clearance test showed high level, and 99mTc human serum albumin scintigraphy revealed loss of protein into the intestinal tract. Endoscopy examination showed a lot of white specks in the upper jejunum and terminal ileum. A biopsy specimen revealed dilated lymphatic vessels in the mucosa. Therefore, he was diagnosed as protein-losing enteropathy due to intestinal lymphangiectasia. He was treated with low fat diet, diuretic and steroid, but his symptoms were not improved. After he was treated with somatostatin analogue therapy, his hypoalbuminemia, edema and ascites were gradually improved and his endoscopic findings was also improved. Therefore, somatostatin analogue therapy is a very useful treatment to protein-losing enteropathy due to intestinal lymphangiectasia.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:3242774690
SN - 0387-1207
VL - 46
SP - 1192
EP - 1197
JO - Gastroenterological Endoscopy
JF - Gastroenterological Endoscopy
IS - 6
ER -