Partial villous atrophy in nutritional megaloblastic anaemia corrected by folic acid therapy.
A patient with megaloblastic anaemia due to nutritional folate deficiency is described. Partial villous atrophy and malabsorption of xylose showed progressive improvement to normal with folic acid therapy.
D000748:Anemia, Macrocytic / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001284:Atrophy / Q000188:drug therapy; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D005492:Folic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005494:Folic Acid Deficiency / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D007583:Jejunum / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D008286:Malabsorption Syndromes / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014994:Xylose / Q000378:metabolism
D005492:Folic Acid; D014994:Xylose