KMID : 0816120030060020208
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Korean Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterolology and Nutrition 2003 Volume.6 No. 2 p.208 ~ p.214
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A Case of Jevenile Polyposis Presented with Protein Losing Enteropathy
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Kang Bo-Young
Han Seung-Jeong Lee Ji-Eun Choi Sun-Keun Kim Joon-Mee Hong Young-Jin Son Byong-Kwan
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Abstract
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Juvenile polyposis is an uncommon condition characterized by the development of multiple juvenile polyps predominantly in the colon but also in the rest of the gastrointestinal tract. Patients with juvenile polyposis commonly present with rectal bleeding, diarrhea, abdominal pain, anemia, prolapse of the polyp. We experienced a ,juvenile polyposis in a 7 year-old male patient with protein losing cntcropathy who was dia nosed by ^(99M)Tc-human scrum albumin abdominal scintigraphy, colonoscopy, and small bowel series. Proctocolectomy with ileostomy was performed and then protein losing cntcropathy was resolved.
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KEYWORD
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Juvenile polyposis, Protein losing enteropathy
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