Case Report

Protein‐Losing Enteropathy in Lymphoma of the Small Intestine

Authors: FERNANDO PADILLA MD, WILLIAM H. HALL MD, CHARLES M. BOYD MD, BERNARD W. THOMPSON MD

Abstract

SummaryA patient with crampy abdominal pain was found to have involvement of the jejunum and ileum with innumerable small polypoid filling defects. At laparotomy, dilated serosal lymphatics were seen, and a diagnosis of lymphoma was established on the basis of intestinal and lymph node biopsy. Later, he was determined to have protein-losing enteropathy, and this parameter was used to assess his response to chemotherapy directed at the lymphoma.

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