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Association of protein-losing enteropathy and cryoglobulinaemia
M Samarkos1, G Vaiopoulos, A Andreopoulos
1First Dept. of Internal Medicine, University of Athens School of Medicine, Laikon Hospital, Athens, Greece. msamarkos@otenet.gr
Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology
|May 10, 2003
Abstract:
We describe a case of protein-losing enteropathy in association with cryoglobulinaemia. No underlying disorder could be definitively diagnosed, but several clinical and laboratory findings suggested an immune mediated or autoimmune disorder. We propose that the mechanism of the protein-losing enteropathy in our case was immune complex formation, complement activation and endothelial damage.