title: Intestinal lymphangiectasia in a patient with autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type III.
abstract: Autoimmune polyglandular syndromes (APS) comprise a wide clinical spectrum of autoimmune disorders. APS is divided into Type I, Type II, Type I and Type IV depending upon the pattern of disease combination. Ghronic diarrhoea is one of the many manifestations of APS and many aetiological factors have been suggested for it. Apart from the established aetiological factors, intestinal lymphangiectasia may be responsible for chronic diarrhea in some cases.Intestinal lymphangiectasia has been reported in Type I APS. We report a case of Type III APS with hypocalcaemia and hypothyroidism who had chronic diarrhea of long duration and was finally diagnosed to have intestinal lymphangiectasia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati, 781032, India.
authors.forename: Bipul Kumar
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Choudhury
authors.forename: Uma Kaimal
authors.initials: UK
authors.lastname: Saiki
authors.forename: Dipti
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sarm
authors.forename: Bikash Narayan
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Choudhury
authors.forename: Sarojini Dutta
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Choudhury
authors.forename: Dhiren
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Saharia
authors.forename: Mihir
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saikia
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology; D004384:Duodenoscopy; D004487:Edema; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007019:Hypoproteinemia / Q000209:etiology; D008201:Lymphangiectasis, Intestinal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D016884:Polyendocrinopathies, Autoimmune / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D011504:Protein-Losing Enteropathies / Q000209:etiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome