A 56-year-old male with a history of mild mental retardation, noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, and hypertension presented with diarrhea and lower extremity edema of several months’ duration. The patient’s symptoms started with mild, intermittent diarrhea; several months later, his diarrhea became persistent, and he was admitted to a hospital. The patient was given metronidazole (Flagyl, ...

A 33-year-old woman presented a recurrent steroid-sensitive protein-losing enteropathy as the major manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus. An increased capillary permeability for proteins is considered to be the most likely explanation.

PATIENT Male, 50 FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Exudative enteropathy Symptoms: Abdominal pain • diarrhea • fever • hyponatremia • lymphadenopathy • weight loss MEDICATION - Clinical Procedure: - Specialty: - OBJECTIVE Unusual clinical course. BACKGROUND Protein-losing enteropathy is a rare cause of hypoproteinemia. Erosive and non-erosive gastrointestinal diseases as well as vascular disorders that re...

Infantile systemic hyalinosis is a rare, progressive, fatal condition with a presumably autosomal recessive mode of inheritance. It is characterized by widespread deposition of hyaline material in many tissues. We present a three-month-old girl with hypoproteinemia, growth retardation, and generalized stiff and edematous skin, who was diagnosed as protein-losing enteropathy. A final diagnosis o...