protein-losing enteropathies/edema

OBJECTIVE To report the first case of a patient with bilateral multiple exudative retinal detachments and macular edema after smoking Bonzai. METHODS A 17-year-old girl presented with a complaint of a sudden onset of reduced vision in both eyes. She was admitted to the emergency service 3 days ago

We describe a familial form of recurrent acute, life-threatening secretory diarrhea associated with distinctive jejunal histologic changes and IgG2 subclass deficiency. Symptoms begin abruptly with anorexia and vomiting, and progress within hours to massive secretory diarrhea and shock with profound

In the differential diagnosis, protein-losing enteropathy (PLE) is a rarely considered explanation of edema. Three such cases are reported in this article. Clinical presentations varied from severe generalized anasarca and respiratory distress to mild pitting edema on the pretibial surface.

IntroductionNon-exudative (dry) age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME) are leading causes of vision loss worldwide. Besides age related eye disease study(AREDS) vitamin supplements, there are no efficacious pharmaceutical interventions for dry AMD available. While

To evaluate the relationship between serum lipid levels and exudative diabetic maculopathy in patients with nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy, 27 patients with exudative diabetic macular edema were included in group A and 27 patients without exudative diabetic macular edema were included in

Primary intestinal lymphangiectasia (PIL), also known as Waldmann's disease, is an exudative enteropathy resulting from morphologic abnormalities in the intestinal lymphatics. In this article, we describe a 12-year-old boy with PIL that led to protein-losing enteropathy characterized by diarrhea,

Introduction Protein losing enteropathy is a symptom characterized by loss of protein in intestines resulting in low protein levels in serum and generalized edema. Several causes are reported for this condition. Hereby we report an as yet unreported cause of protein losing enteropathy that we named

Purpose: To provide a comprehensive review of the ocular manifestations, outcomes, and genetic findings in patients with Coats-like retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Design: Multicenter, retrospective, nonconsecutive case series.