Protein-losing gastropathy associated with autoimmune disease: successful treatment with prednisolone |
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| Authors: | Toshihiro Aoki Noriyuki Noma Ichiro Takajo Jun-Ichi Yamaga Masaaki Otsuka Hiroaki Yuchi Naoto Ishikawa Haruhiko Inatsu Jun-Ichiro Sakata Yushiro Asada Tanenao Eto |
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| Affiliation: | (1) First Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Pathology, Miyazaki Medical College, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake, Miyazaki 889-1692, Japan, JP;(2) Department of Pathology, Miyazaki Medical College, Miyazaki, Japan, JP |
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| Abstract: | 99m Tc-labeled human serum albumin scintigram showing abnormal radioactivity in the stomach. Endoscopic gastric biopsies revealed nonspecific inflammation, but marked intramural edema. Based on a slight elevation of antinuclear antibody level, autoimmune disease was suspected to be involved in this patient. Administration of prednisolone, as a diagnostic therapy, alleviated the hypoproteinemia, hypoalbuminemia, and hypercholesteremia. These findings suggest that an autoimmune mechanism could have been involved in this case of protein-losing gastropathy. Received: September 4, 2000 / Accepted: February 23, 2001 |
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| Keywords: | : protein-losing gastropathy prednisolone systemic lupus erythematosus |
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