U C Ghoshal, K Chetri, P K Banerjee, G Choudhuri, B B Pal, S Dabadghao, K Dhar, S Naik, S R Naik
Till date only three series of immunoproliferative small intestinal disease (IPSID) describing 22 patients have been reported from India. Seven patients with IPSID in two tertiary referral centers in India are included in the study. Diagnosis was based on typical clinical features [diarrhoea (7/7), weight loss (7/7), clubbing (6/7), fever (3/7), abdominal pain and lump (3/7)], biochemical evidence of malabsorption and duodenal biopsy findings. All patients were young males (mean age 29.8 +/- 11.8 years, range 17-53)...
January 2001: Tropical Gastroenterology: Official Journal of the Digestive Diseases Foundation