Microvillous inclusion disease diagnosed by gastric biopsy.
Protracted diarrhea in neonates is uncommon and usually requires an intestinal biopsy for etiological diagnosis. Gastric biopsy has not been used in the routine diagnosis of this condition. We report the first documented patient with microvillous inclusion disease from India, where the diagnosis was established by a gastric biopsy.
Department of Neonatology, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore 632004, Tamilnadu, India. niranjan@cmcvellore.ac.in
Niranjan
N
Thomas
Anna Benjamin
AB
Pulimood
Manish
M
Kumar
Atanu Kumar
AK
Jana
D001706:Biopsy; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000209:etiology*; D004724:Endoscopy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002479:Inclusion Bodies / Q000473:pathology; D007194:India; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology; D008286:Malabsorption Syndromes / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008871:Microvilli / Q000473:pathology; D009081:Mucolipidoses / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D013270:Stomach / Q000648:ultrastructure*