[The brown bowel syndrome. A case report].
We present a patient with celiac sprue in whom intestinal lymphoma was suspected. At laparotomy, a brown discolouration of small bowel loops was observed, and a transmural biopsy confirmed a brown bowel syndrome, an entity that is found in long-standing malabsorption conditions. We believe that the intestinal disorder caused by deposition of lipofuscin in the bowel non-striated muscle may cause radiologic changes similar to those seen in intestinal lymphoma.
Narváez Rodríguez
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Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario Infanta Cristina, Badajoz.
Herrera Justiniano
J M
JM
Márquez Galán
J L
JL
Pascasio Acevedo
J M
JM
Pabón Jaén
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M
Vega Barbado
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P
Soria Monge
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D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008062:Lipofuscin / Q000378:metabolism*; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D008286:Malabsorption Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male
D008062:Lipofuscin
Síndrome de intestino marrón. Descripción de un caso.