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Tropical sprue and intussusception: An unusual association

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A case is reported of a patient with intussusception complicating tropical sprue demonstrable over a period of months. There was clinical and laboratory evidence of malabsorption. The chronicity of tropical sprue and its delayed laboratory and histologic response to therapy was demonstrated.

Such a case has not been previously reported.

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  1. From the Departments of Hematology and of Gastroenterology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D. C.

    Stanley Cortell (Capt., MC), Egmond E. Rieber M.D., Thomas W. Sheehy Lt. Col. (MC) & Marcel E. Conrad Lt. Col. (MC)

  2. Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 20012, Washington, D. C.

    Stanley Cortell (Capt., MC), Egmond E. Rieber M.D., Thomas W. Sheehy Lt. Col. (MC) & Marcel E. Conrad Lt. Col. (MC)

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Cortell, S., Rieber, E.E., Sheehy, T.W. et al. Tropical sprue and intussusception: An unusual association. Digest Dis Sci 12, 216–221 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02233445

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