RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Malabsorption and subtotal villous atrophy secondary to pulmonary and intestinal tuberculosis
JF Gut
JO Gut
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Society of Gastroenterology
SP 212
OP 216
DO 10.1136/gut.11.3.212
VO 11
IS 3
A1 W. P. Fung
A1 K. K. Tan
A1 S. F. Yu
A1 K. M. Kho
YR 1970
UL http://gut.bmj.com/content/11/3/212.abstract
AB A case of malabsorption and subtotal villous atrophy secondary to pulmonary and intestinal tuberculosis is reported. The patient was a 21-year-old Chinese girl who had active pulmonary tuberculosis, malabsorption, subtotal villous atrophy, atrophic gastritis with hypochlorhydria, ileal stricture, and a severe non-specific anaemia. There was also evidence to suggest protein-losing enteropathy. The association of subtotal villous atrophy and atrophic gastritis with tuberculosis is discussed. When antituberuclous therapy was instituted, improvement was marked not only clinically but also in the tests for intestinal absorption and in the jejunal mucosa.