| Literature DB >> 16191147 |
Nikolaos Nikolaidis1, Konstantinos Tziomalos, Olga Giouleme, Dimitrios Gkisakis, Amalia Kokkinomagoulou, Nikolaos Karatzas, Athanassios Papanikolaou, Ioannis Tsitourides, Nikolaos Eugenidis, Athanassios Kontopoulos.
Abstract
Constrictive pericarditis represents a rare cause of protein-losing enteropathy due to intestinal lymphangiectasia. We report the case of a patient with an atypical clinical presentation of constrictive pericarditis and protein-losing enteropathy as its principal manifestation; he was successfully treated with pericardiectomy. We conclude that, constrictive pericarditis should be considered in the presence of protein losing enteropathy and also, protein-losing enteropathy should be considered in the differential diagnosis of hypoalbuminemia.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID： 16191147 PMCID： PMC1490237 DOI： 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0202_3.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Gen Intern Med ISSN： 0884-8734 Impact factor: 5.128