Canine Protein Losing Enteropathies

Protein-losing Enteropathies – Hypoalbuminemia Is Not Always Terrible

Protein - Losing Enteropathy : The Beginning of the End ?

Protein losing enteropathy associated with collagen diseases.

Four patients with collagen diseases are described, who developed protein losing enteropathy in the course of their disease. Their protein losing enteropathies subsided after treatment with 60 mg/day oral prednisolone. Immunohistological studies of the small intestine showed deposits of C3 in the capillary walls of villi in two patients. Increased capillary permeability due to autoimmune phenom...

Acquired combined immunodeficiency associated with protein losing enteropathy complicating Fontan operation.

It is vitally important that the immunological aspect of protein losing enteropathy following Fontan procedures is highlighted, in order to decrease significant morbidity and mortality

Chronic Small Bowel Diarrhea Due to Granulomatous Duodenitis by Leishmania in two Dogs

Canine gastrointestinal infection by Leishmania presenting large bowel involvement has been reported to date. This case series describes two dogs suffering from severe chronic small bowel diarrhea. Duodenal biopsies demonstrated granulomatous infiltration with intracytoplasmatic corpuscles of Leishmania amastigotes. Furthermore one of the dogs was diagnosed with protein-losing enteropathy (PLE)...