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Intestinal lymphangiectasia in a patient with infantile systemic hyalinosis syndrome: a rare cause of protein-losing enteropathy
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Intestinal lymphangiectasia in a patient with infantile systemic hyalinosis syndrome: a rare cause of protein-losing enteropathy

Khalid Alreheili, Ali AlMehaidib, Khalid Alsaleem, Mohammad Banemi, Wajeeh Aldekhail and Sulaiman M. Al-Mayouf
Annals of Saudi medicine, Vol.32(2), pp.206-208
01/03/2012
PMID: 22366835

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General & Internal Medicine Life Sciences & Biomedicine Medicine, General & Internal Science & Technology
Infantile systemic hyalinosis (ISH) is a rare autosomal recessive disease. Typically, ISH patients present with progressive painful joint contractures, intractable diarrhea, hyperpigmented skin lesions, and perianal fleshy nodules. We report a case of a 19-month-old male child with atypical ISH presentation. His main clinical finding was protein-losing enteropathy due to intestinal lymphangectasia. This report is intended to enhance awareness about the gastrointestinal tract presentation of ISH.
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https://doi.org/10.5144/0256-4947.2012.206View
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