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Miscellaneous
An unusual cause of diarrhoea
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  1. A Sainsbury,
  2. D Clements
  1. Airedale General Hospital, Yorkshire, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr A Sainsbury
    Airedale General Hospital, Skipton Rd, Yorkshire BD20 6TD, UK; anitabansalyahoo.com

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gut.2005.068452

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    Clinical presentation

    A 70 year old Caucasian female presented with a six month history of intermittent diarrhoea, abdominal pain, and weight loss of 3 stone. Routine blood tests and liver ultrasound were normal.

    Question

    What abnormalities do the computed tomography scan (fig 1) and histology slide (fig 2) demonstrate? What was the cause of her diarrhoea?

    Figure 1
    Figure 1

     Computed tomography scan of the abdomen.

    See page 1713 for answer

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    • Robin Spiller, Editor

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      EDITOR’S QUIZ: GI SNAPSHOT
      BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Society of Gastroenterology
      Gut 2005; 54 1713-1713 Published Online First: 11 Nov 2005.