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protein-losing enteropathy
Etiology:
- erosions or ulcerations of the esophagus, stomach, or duodenum
- regional enteritis
- graft versus host disease
- pseudomembranous colitis (Clostridium difficile)
- mucosal-based neoplasia
- carcinoid syndrome
- idiopathic ulcerative jejunoileitis
- amyloidosis
- Kaposi sarcoma
- protein dyscrasia
- ulcerative colitis
- neurofibromatosis
- cytomegalovirus infection
- tuberculosis
- sarcoidosis
- retroperitoneal fibrosis
- lymphoma
- intestinal endometriosis
- lymphoenteric fistula
- Whipple disease
- cardiac disease
- constrictive pericarditis
- congestive heart failure
- intestinal lymphangiectasia
- cutaneous burns
- connective tissue disorders
- AIDS
- enteropathy
- angioedema
- Henoch-Schonlein purpura
- celiac sprue
- tropical sprue
- allergic gastroenteritis
- eosinophilic gastroenteritis
- giant hypertrophic gastritis (Menetrier disease)
- bacterial overgrowth
- intestinal parasites
- microscopic colitis
- Dientamoeba fragilis
General
intestinal disease
References
- Aslam N
eMedicine (Medscape): Protein-Losing Enteropathy
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/182565-overview