Protein-losing enteropathy with congenital kidney stones in a 2-month-old boy: a rare case report and literature review

Jiahui Fang, Zhuoheng Li, Lin Zhang, Qiaojian Liu, Jie Mao, Jintao Duan · 2024

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A two-month-old boy with a rare gut condition and kidney stones present from birth is described in a 2024 case report by Jiahui Fang and co-authors. The gut condition, protein-losing enteropathy, drains the body's proteins through the bowel and is seldom seen with stones in a newborn.

The baby arrived at ten days old with severe diarrhea that did not ease on a special formula. A scope found the gut's surface villi lacked their brush border, and gene testing pointed to a fault in the DGAT1 gene. Doctors drained the bladder through a small opening to clear urine, and scans showed the kidney stones. The report adds a rare case to the literature and shows how gene testing settled the diagnosis.

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CREATORJiahui Fang, Zhuoheng Li, Lin Zhang, Qiaojian Liu, Jie Mao, Jintao Duan
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE13 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11600831

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