[Chronic non granulomatous ulcerative jejunitis].

Abstract

Chronic non granulomatous ulcerative jejunoileitis a very infrequentity characterized by malabsorption and ulcerations of the small intestine which usually involve the jejunum and ileum. A case of a woman diagnosed with malabsorption syndrome requiring laparotomy due to worsening of a picture of malabsorption and the presence of stenosis and ileal ulceration, demonstrating villous atrophy and lymphoplasmocytic infiltration in the histology compatible with this disease is presented.

• Authors: I R Elizalde Apestegui, A Arín Letamendía, E Zozaya Alvarez, F J Jiménez Pérez, J M Zozaya Urmeneta, J Arellano Aburto
• Journal: Gastroenterologia y hepatologia (Gastroenterol Hepatol) 1998 Aug-Sep Vol. 21 Issue 7 Pg. 342-5 ISSN: 0210-5705 [Print] Spain
• Vernacular Title: Yeyunoileítis ulcerative crónica no granulomatosa.
• PMID: 9808899 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Chronic Disease
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Female
• Humans
• Ileal Diseases (diagnosis, pathology)
• Jejunal Diseases (diagnosis, pathology)
• Lymphoproliferative Disorders (diagnosis, pathology)
• Malabsorption Syndromes (diagnosis, pathology)
• Middle Aged
• Ulcer