[Chronic diarrhea as the main symptom of histiocytosis X].
A chronic diarrhea accompanied by vomiting and weight loss was the major symptom in a one-year-old infant during a fulminant course of histiocytosis X. The diagnosis was suggested by the radiologic evidence of alternating dilated and stenotic segments in the small and large bowel as well by a massive intestinal protein loss and the presence of histiocytes in the mucosa and submucosa of the rectum. The histological picture of enlarged mesenteric lymph nodes, obtained during a diagnostic laparotomy, confirmed the diagnosis.
Pittschieler
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Pädiatrische Gastroenterologie, Regionalkrankenhaus Bozen, Italien.
Radetti
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Egarter
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Mengarda
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D001706:Biopsy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006646:Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology
Chronischer Durchfall als Hauptsymptom einer Histiozytose X.