title: A rare cause of protein losing enteropathy: collagenous sprue.
abstract: Collagenous sprue is a clinicopathological entity with an unknown etiology. Its clinical features include progressive malabsorption, diarrhea, weight loss, unresponsiveness to treatment, and high mortality rates. The age interval of collagenous sprue is quite broad and ranges between 2 and 85 years. As far as to our knowledge, the presented case is the first reported case in infancy.
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Pathology, Ankara Children's Hematology and Oncology Research and Training Hospital , Ankara , Turkey.
authors.forename: Esra
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Karakuş
authors.forename: Özgür
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Ekinci
authors.forename: Ceyda Tuna
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Kırsaçlıoğlu
authors.forename: Eda
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Özaydın
authors.forename: Canan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Atakan
authors.forename: Ayşe
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dursun
mesh_terms: D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D003094:Collagen / Q000378:metabolism; D064068:Collagenous Sprue / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D011504:Protein-Losing Enteropathies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D003094:Collagen
keywords: collagenous sprue; complicated celiac disease; small intestine