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Park, Ahn, Shin, Yun, and Lee: A Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patient with Protein Losing Enteropathy
Case Report
Yonsei Medical Journal

Yonsei Medical Journal 2004; 45(5): 923-926.

Published online: 17 February 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2004.45.5.923

A Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patient with Protein Losing Enteropathy

Jee Min Park1, Sun Young Ahn1, Jae Il Shin1, Mi Jin Yun2, Jae Seung Lee1

1The Institute of Kidney Disease, Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

2The Institute of Kidney Disease, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Reprint address: requests to Dr. Jae Seung Lee, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Nephrology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea. Tel: 82-2-361-5517, Fax: 82-2-393-9118, jsyonse@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr

Received 4 February 2004       Accepted 17 May 2004

Copyright © 2004 The Yonsei University College of Medicine

Abstract

Protein-losing enteropathy (PLE) is a rare manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and it is an uncommon cause of hypoalbuminemia without proteinuria. We describe a case of an 11 year-old girl who had diarrhea and periorbital edema as the initial symptoms of SLE. PLE was diagnosed by 24-hour stool alpha-1 antitrypsin clearance and 99mTc-human serum albumin scintigraphy.

Keywords: 24-hour stool alpha-1 antitrypsin clearance, 99mTc-human serum albumin scintigraphy

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