A Case of Malabsorption Induced by Blind Loop Syndrome in a Patient with Liver Cirrhosis.
- Author:
Ji Youn YOO
1
;
Hyung Min KANG
;
Jin Woo CHOI
;
Sook Hyang JEONG
;
Hyung Ho KIM
;
Young Hoon KIM
;
Hye Seung LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoungnam, Korea. jsh@snubh.org
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Malabsorption;
Blind loop syndrome;
Liver cirrhosis;
Surgical resection
- MeSH:
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency;
Biochemistry;
Blind Loop Syndrome;
Female;
Hepatitis C;
Humans;
Hypoalbuminemia;
Hypoproteinemia;
Intestine, Small;
Korea;
Liver;
Liver Cirrhosis;
Middle Aged
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2011;81(3):372-377
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Of the various causes of malabsorption, to our knowledge, blind loop syndrome has been reported in Korea only rarely. Here, we report the case of a 63-year-old woman with hepatitis C virus-associated liver cirrhosis. The patient complained of abdominal distension and had an abnormal serum biochemistry caused by blind loop syndrome related to childhood abdominal surgery. Her laboratory findings showed an iron deficiency anemia, hypocholesterolemia, hypoproteinemia and hypoalbuminemia, and were confounded with those of liver cirrhosis. She underwent resection of the blind loop segment of the small intestine, after which her abdominal symptoms and abnormal laboratory findings improved, although they did not completely normalize due to her liver cirrhosis.
