[Chronic non granulomatous ulcerative jejunitis].
Chronic non granulomatous ulcerative jejunoileitis a very infrequentity characterized by malabsorption and ulcerations of the small intestine which usually involve the jejunum and ileum. A case of a woman diagnosed with malabsorption syndrome requiring laparotomy due to worsening of a picture of malabsorption and the presence of stenosis and ileal ulceration, demonstrating villous atrophy and lymphoplasmocytic infiltration in the histology compatible with this disease is presented.
Elizalde Apestegui
I R
IR
Servicio de Digestivo, Hospital de Navarra, Pamplona.
Arín Letamendía
A
A
Zozaya Alvarez
E
E
Jiménez Pérez
F J
FJ
Zozaya Urmeneta
J M
JM
Arellano Aburto
J
J
D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008232:Lymphoproliferative Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008286:Malabsorption Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014456:Ulcer