Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
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A 40-year-old carpenter presented with vomiting due to duodenal obstruction. On further investigation he had partial obstruction of both ureters and occlusion of the inferior vena cava. At laparotomy a large retroperitoneal mass of fibrous tissue was found, which extended into the root of the mesentery of the small intestine and partially occluded the duodenum. There was enlargement of lymphatics and stasis of lymph throughout the mesentery. Hypoalbuminemia was present. (131)I-labelled human serum albumin disappeared rapidly from the plasma and there was excessive loss of plasma albumin into the gastrointestinal tract, presumably owing to obstruction of the lymphatic drainage of the small intestine. Prompt improvement followed treatment with prednisolone. Steroids are apparently useful in this condition, early in the disease before irreversible fibrosis has developed. The presenting feature, vomiting due to duodenal obstruction, has been reported in retroperitoneal fibrosis only once before. This is the first report of protein-losing enteropathy in this disorder.
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PMID:Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis with protein-losing enteropathy and duodenal obstruction successfully treated with corticosteroids. 592 77

A 20-year-old young man suffered from severe protein-losing enteropathy 4 years after Fontan operation. His postoperative haemodynamics were unfavourable in terms of poor myocardial contractility and moderate atrioventricular prosthetic paravalvar leakage. A 2-week trial of steroid therapy for protein-losing enteropathy was given without success. The clinical course was complicated by Legionella pneumophila pneumonia and bacteraemia, which respond to the combination therapy with intravenous erythromycin and ciprofloxacin. The vulnerability of the patient to infection was related to an immuno-deficiency state secondary to protein-losing enteropathy and steroid therapy. Steroids should be used with caution in the management of protein-losing enteropathy after Fontan operation.
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PMID:Legionella pneumonia and bacteraemia in association with protein-losing enteropathy after Fontan operation. 1154 54