Gastrointestinal: Letterer Siwe disease: An uncommon gastrointestinal presentation.

Autor: Al ‐ Mohannadi, Muneera, Yakoub, Rafie, Soofi, Madiha E, Elsabah, Hesham Mahmoud A, Thandassery, Ragesh Babu
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Zdroj: Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology; Jun2016, Vol. 31 Issue 6, p1070-1070, 1p
Abstrakt: The article presents a case study of a 26-year-old woman presented with mild hematochezia along with chronic diarrhea and abdominal pain. It mentions that colonoscopy showed pancolitis, multiple deep serpiginous ulcer and a large ulcer in rectum with occasional normal intervening mucosa. It states that she is diagnosed with multifocal langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) also know as Letterer Siwe disease.
Databáze: Complementary Index