A Case of Juvenile Polyposis Presented with Protein Losing Enteropathy.
- Author:
Bo Young KANG
1
;
Seung Jeong HAN
;
Ji Eun LEE
;
Sun Kun CHOI
;
Jun Mi KIM
;
Young Jin HONG
;
Byong Kwan SON
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon, Korea. anicca@inha.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Juvenile polyposis;
Protein losing enteropathy
- MeSH:
Abdominal Pain;
Anemia;
Child;
Colon;
Colonoscopy;
Diarrhea;
Gastrointestinal Tract;
Hemorrhage;
Humans;
Ileostomy;
Male;
Polyps;
Prolapse;
Protein-Losing Enteropathies*;
Radionuclide Imaging;
Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin
- From:Korean Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
2003;6(2):208-214
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Juvenile polyposis is an uncommon condition characterized by the development of multiple juvenile polyps predominantly in the colon but also in the rest of the gastrointestinal tract. Patients with juvenile polyposis commonly present with rectal bleeding, diarrhea, abdominal pain, anemia, prolapse of the polyp. We experienced a juvenile polyposis in a 7 year-old male patient with protein losing enteropathy who was diagnosed by 99MTc-human serum albumin abdominal scintigraphy, colonoscopy, and small bowel series. Proctocolectomy with ileostomy was performed and then protein losing enteropathy was resolved.
