Abstract
A 3 1/2 year old boy presented with a history of vomiting and generalized oedema. Biochemically proven protein losing enteropathy was associated with huge gastric fundal rugae on barium examination. Gastroscopy confirmed the barium findings but biopsy material demonstrated normal mucosa. The condition regressed on a high protein diet. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) was found in the urine after the illness had subsided.
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Henderson, S.E., Sprague, P.L. A case of hypertrophic protein losing gastropathy. Pediatr Radiol 8, 261–262 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00974048
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