Difference between revisions of "Pediatric gastrointestinal pathology"
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===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*Rare genetic disorder.<ref>URL: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim/200100 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim/200100]. Accessed on: 6 April 2011.</ref> | *Rare genetic disorder.<ref>URL: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim/200100 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim/200100]. Accessed on: 6 April 2011.</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Bassen FA, Kornzweig AL |title=Malformation of the erythrocytes in a case of atypical retinitis pigmentosa |journal=Blood |volume=5 |issue=4 |pages=381–87 |year=1950 |month=April |pmid=15411425 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
*GI-related symptoms similar to [[Celiac disease]]: malabsorption. | |||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features: | Features: | ||
*Enterocytes have clear cytoplasm (due to lipid accumulation). | *Enterocytes have clear cytoplasm (due to lipid accumulation). | ||
Notes: | |||
*Have abnormal erythrocytes with a spiculated cell membranes ''acanthocyte'' - seen on blood films. | |||
==Microvillous inclusion disease== | ==Microvillous inclusion disease== | ||