Articles: diarrhea-etiology.
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Chronic diarrhea in adult patients due to various causes is very common in clinic, but patient suffering with mal-absorption due to immunoproliferative small intestinal disease was rarely reported in China. ⋯ The study shows that immunohistochemical staining for alpha-heavy chain proteins should be completed on small intestine biopsy specimens if the patient is suspected a diagnosis of immunoproliferative small intestinal disease.
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Letter Case Reports
Deadly Diarrhea: The Clever Disguise of Aortic Dissection.
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The clinical manifestations of celiac disease (CD) have changed in the past decades. There are currently little data describing the initial clinical manifestations of CD in children in Iran. This study describes the initial presentation of children with suspected CD from a geographically defined region in Iran. ⋯ GI complaints in Iranian children are a common feature. Screening of children with suspected CD, especially with GI symptom is highly recommended.
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Vagoglossopharyngeal neuralgia is a rare pathology whose atypical forms, dominated by syncopal manifestations, are still rarer. Although the territory of the vagus nerve involves, beyond the cardiovascular system, the respiratory and the digestive systems, there is no report in literature of atypical forms other than syncopal. Therefore, the authors were prompted to report the case of a patient whose vagoglossopharyngeal neuralgia was predominantly revealed by digestive symptoms. ⋯ One year after the surgery, the patient was free from all painful and digestive symptoms. A survey of the literature did not find any reference to digestive symptoms together with the neuralgia; only a syncopal type of cardiac symptoms related to the parasympathetic nervous system were described. The hypothesis was that the revealing digestive symptoms are linked to a similar parasympathetic mechanism, implying the visceral component of the Xth cranial nerve.
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Patient-reported outcomes with lanreotide Autogel/Depot for carcinoid syndrome: An international observational study.
Lanreotide Autogel/Depot effectively controls symptoms in patients with carcinoid syndrome associated with neuroendocrine tumours. Data on patient-reported outcomes are sparse. ⋯ Lanreotide treatment was associated with improvements in symptoms as well as a range of PROs in patients with neuroendocrine tumours and carcinoid syndrome (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01234168).