Protein-losing enteropathy in lymphoma of the small intestine.
A patient with crampy abdominal pain was found to have involvement of the jejunum and ileum with innumerable small polypoid filling defects. At laparotomy, dilated serosal lymphatics were seen, and a diagnosis of lymphoma was established on the basis of intestinal and lymph node biopsy. Later, he was determined to have protein-losing enteropathy, and this parameter was used to assess his response to chemotherapy directed at the lymphoma.
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011504:Protein-Losing Enteropathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014750:Vincristine / Q000627:therapeutic use
D014750:Vincristine; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D011241:Prednisone