Hypocalcaemic seizures : sign of intestinal disease ?
| Journal | Volume 70 - 2007 |
| Issue | Fasc.2 - Case reports |
| Author(s) | S. Van Biervliet, S. Vande Velde, E. Robberecht, M. Van Winckel |
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| Department of paediatric gastroenterology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium. |
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We describe a baby admitted with convulsions, fever, low pro- tein level and coagulation abnormalities where congenital intesti- nal lymphangiectasia was confirmed by endoscopy and histology. Treatment with a low fat diet, supplemented with medium chain triglycerides (MCT), resulted in a disappearance of the symptoms and normal growth. When confronted with seizure-like attacks, electrolyte disturbances and hypo-albuminemia one should con- sider the possibility of protein losing enteropathy. (Acta gastro- enterol. belg., 2006, 69, 243-244). |
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