title: Malrotation of the intestine and chronic volvulus as a cause of protein-losing enteropathy in infancy.
abstract: Protein-losing enteropathy in children is caused by intestinal metabolic, inflammatory, or infectious processes, or by lymphatic obstruction (intestinal lymphangiectasia). In this report, a 17-month-old child is presented with protein-losing enteropathy due to intestinal malrotation and chronic midgut volvulus causing lymphatic obstruction and spillage of lymph in the intestine and the peritoneum. This report should alert the pediatrician that intestinal malrotation should be added to the wide list of possible causes of protein-losing enteropathy in children.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Pediatrics, University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece. eglie1@aol.com
authors.forename: Aglaia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zellos
authors.forename: Diagoras
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zarganis
authors.forename: Stelios
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ypsiladis
authors.forename: Dimitris
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chatzis
authors.forename: Georgia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Papaioannou
authors.forename: Christos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bartsocas
mesh_terms: D000415:Albania / Q000208:ethnology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D045822:Intestinal Volvulus / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007422:Intestines / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008201:Lymphangiectasis, Intestinal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011504:Protein-Losing Enteropathies / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery