Behçet disease and protein-losing enteropathy due to intestinal lymphangiectasia

Samantha Rodríguez-Muguruza; Noemí Caballero; Judith Horneros; Eugeni Domenech; Lourdes Mateo

doi:10.1016/j.reuma.2014.11.007

Behçet disease and protein-losing enteropathy due to intestinal lymphangiectasia

Reumatol Clin. 2015 Jul-Aug;11(4):247-51. doi: 10.1016/j.reuma.2014.11.007. Epub 2015 Feb 4.

[Article in English, Spanish]

Authors

Samantha Rodríguez-Muguruza¹, Noemí Caballero², Judith Horneros³, Eugeni Domenech², Lourdes Mateo⁴

Affiliations

¹ Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, España. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, España.
³ Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, España.
⁴ Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, España.

PMID: 25661471
DOI: 10.1016/j.reuma.2014.11.007

Abstract

We report an unusual case of a patient with Behçet's disease that developed protein-losing enteropathy due to intestinal lymphangiectasia.

Keywords: Disease Behçet's; Enfermedad de Behçet; Enteropaty protein-losing secundari; Enteropatía perdedora de proteínas secundaria; Intestinal lymphangiectasia; Linfangiectasia intestinal.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Behcet Syndrome / complications*
Humans
Lymphangiectasis, Intestinal / diagnosis*
Lymphangiectasis, Intestinal / etiology
Male
Protein-Losing Enteropathies / diagnosis*
Protein-Losing Enteropathies / etiology