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10430351

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
27
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-9-22
pubmed:abstractText
Protein-losing enteropathy is frequently overlooked in patients suffering from congestive heart failure. Although textbooks often quote heart failure as one of the causes of protein-losing enteropathy, this association has not been clearly documented in the literature. Furthermore, conventional diagnostic techniques for protein-losing enteropathy are both cumbersome and time-consuming. We report the first case of protein-losing enteropathy of a 79 year-old lady who suffered from dilated cardiomyopathy. The profound hypoalbuminemia could not be explained by urinary loss or impaired hepatic synthesis. Protein-losing enteropathy was confirmed by means of Technetium-99m- (99mTc) labelled human serum albumin scintigraphy which showed diffuse activity in the entire colon. The use of this simple and non-invasive diagnostic technique in protein-losing enteropathy is discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0172-6390
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
46
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1816-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Protein-losing enteropathy in congestive heart failure: diagnosis by means of a simple method.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. fklchan@cuhk.edu.hk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports