title: [Protein-losing enteropathy caused by a thoracic cyst].
abstract: A case of gastrointestinal protein loss in a 58-year-old man presenting with peripheral oedema and low levels of serum proteins is presented. Measurement of gastrointestinal protein loss with 111Indium-labelled transferrin showed a protein loss of 12.5% over 96 hours. Capsule endoscopy showed villous lymphangiectasia and it was assumed that the protein loss was secondary to a large left-sided thoracic cyst obstructing the thoracic lymph drainage. The patient improved following surgical removal of the cyst.
authors.affiliation: Medicinsk Gastroenterologisk Afdeling, Medicinsk Område, Sydvestjysk Sygehus, Esbjerg, DK-6700 Esbjerg. atefhj@yahoo.dk
authors.forename: Atef
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kinani
authors.forename: Troels
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Havelund
authors.forename: Torben
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Knudsen
mesh_terms: D053704:Capsule Endoscopy; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007205:Indium Radioisotopes; D008201:Lymphangiectasis, Intestinal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011504:Protein-Losing Enteropathies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D013909:Thorax
chemical_list: D007205:Indium Radioisotopes