• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제49권8호
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• pp.898-901
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• 2006

소아에서 교착성 심낭염은 매우 드문 질환으로 이에 의하여 단백 소실성 장병증이 동반되는 경우는 더욱 드물다. 저자들은 교착성 심낭염의 주요 증상의 하나로 단백 소실성 장병증을 보인 여아 1례를 경험하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.253-258
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• 2005

Generalized edema and hypoalbuminemia are relatively common presenting manifestations in many clinical situations. The differential diagnosis of hypoalbuminemia include: Kwashiorkor, synthetic dysfunction of the liver, and excessive protein loss as in nephrotic syndrome. In systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), hypoalbuminemia and generalized edema are most commonly due to protein loss associated with lupus nephritis; gastrointestinal involvement is uncommon, and therefore protein loss through the gastrointestinal tract is quite rare. We report a case of a protein losing enteropathy (PLE) associated with SLE. The patient was referred to our hospital for generalized edema, arthralgia and facial rash. After clinical evaluation, the patient met the criteria for the SLE diagnosis; hypoalbuminemia with general edema was consistent with a protein losing enteropathy. After two weeks of therapy with parenteral high dose glucocorticoid, the patients was improved in laboratory findings as well as clinical symptoms.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.594-600
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• 2019

With improving survival of children with complex congenital heart disease (CCHD), postoperative complications, like protein-losing enteropathy (PLE) are increasingly encountered. A 3-year-old girl with surgically corrected CCHD (ventricular inversion/L-transposition of the great arteries, ventricular septal defect, pulmonary atresia, postdouble switch procedure [Rastelli and Glenn]) developed chylothoraces. She was treated with pleurodesis, thoracic duct ligation and subsequently developed chylous ascites and PLE (serum albumin ${\leq}0.9g/dL$) and was malnourished, despite nutritional rehabilitation. Lymphangioscintigraphy/single-photon emission computed tomography showed lymphatic obstruction at the cisterna chyli level. A segmental chyle leak and chylous lymphangiectasia were confirmed by gastrointestinal endoscopy, magnetic resonance (MR) enterography, and MR lymphangiography. Selective glue embolization of leaking intestinal lymphatic trunks led to prompt reversal of PLE. Serum albumin level and weight gain markedly improved and have been maintained for over 3 years. Selective interventional embolization reversed this devastating lymphatic complication of surgically corrected CCHD.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.88-97
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• 1993

Anterior abdominal scintigraphy after intravenous injection of $^{99m}Tc$-human serum albumin ($^{99m}Tc$-HSA 20 mCi) was done in 16 patients with connective tissue diseases and 15 healthy control patients. Patients with proteinuria or hepatopathy were excluded. 1) 7 (44%) patients among 16 connective tissue disease patients without the apparent evidence of external protein loss showed abnormal intestinal accumulation of albumin. 6 patients with positive albumin scintigraphy showed bypoalbuminemia. 2) There was no false positive scintigraphic finding in control group. 3) The serum albumin level in connective tissue disease patients ($3.1{\pm}0.6 g/dl$, n=16) was lower than control patients ($3.9{\pm}0.3 g/dl$, n=15) (p<0.0001). 4) The serum albumin level was lower in connective tissue disease patients with positive $^{99m}Tc$-HSA scan ($2.8{\pm}0.6 g/dl$, n=7) than the connective tissue disease patients with negative scan ($3.3{\pm}0.3 g/dl$, n=9) (p<0.05). 5) The hemoglobin level in connective tissue disease patients with positive nan ($10.6{\pm}2.91 g/dl$) was lower than that of the control group ($13.6{\pm}1.5 g/dl$) (p<0.05). Mypoalbuminemia is frequently involved in chronic connective tissue diseases. Protein losing enteropathy (PLE) is also responsible for the majority of the bypoalbuminemia in these patients. But it has been ignored because the conventional method for the diagnosis of PLE was difficult to perform. $^{99m}Tc$-HSA scan also must be validated by more extended study and comparison with the quantitative study such as stool ${\alpha}-1$ antitrypsin measurement. There must be a reevaluation of PLE in various diseases especially in connective tissue diseases with easy, fast, economical, and non-invasive method.

• Korean Circulation Journal
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• 제52권8호
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• pp.606-620
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• 2022

Background and Objectives: Protein-losing enteropathy (PLE) is a devastating complication after the Fontan operation. This study aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics, treatment response, and outcomes of Fontan-associated PLE. Methods: We reviewed the medical records of 38 patients with Fontan-associated PLE from 1992 to 2018 in 2 institutions in Korea. Results: PLE occurred in 4.6% of the total 832 patients after the Fontan operation. After a mean period of 7.7 years after Fontan operation, PLE was diagnosed at a mean age of 11.6 years. The mean follow-up period was 8.9 years. The survival rates were 81.6% at 5 years and 76.5% at 10 years. In the multivariate analysis, New York Heart Association Functional classification III or IV (p=0.002), low aortic oxygen saturation (<90%) (p=0.003), and ventricular dysfunction (p=0.032) at the time of PLE diagnosis were found as predictors of mortality. PLE was resolved in 10 of the 38 patients after treatment. Among medical managements, an initial heparin response was associated with survival (p=0.043). Heparin treatment resulted in resolution in 4 patients. We found no evidence on pulmonary vasodilator therapy alone. PLE was also resolved after surgical Fontan fenestration (2/6), aortopulmonary collateral ligation (1/1), and transplantation (1/1). Conclusions: The survival rate of patients with Fontan-associated PLE has improved with the advancement of conservative care. Although there is no definitive method, some treatments led to the resolution of PLE in one-fourth of the patients. Further investigations are needed to develop the best prevention and therapeutic strategies for PLE.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제36권8호
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• pp.559-565
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• 2003

완전 대정맥-폐동맥 연결(total cavopulmonary connection, TCPC)은 폰탄 순환의 혈류를 개선시킴으로써 심방폐동맥 형태의 폰탄 연결보다 우수한 결과를 가져올 수 있다. 심방페동맥연결 후 혈역학 장애를 보이는 환자들에서 TCPC로의 전환 수술은 혈역학적, 기능적 호전을 가져을 것으로 생각된다. 폰탄 순환장애가 있는 환자에서 이전의 폰탄 수술을 TCPC로의 전환술의 결과를 연구하였다. 대상 및 방법: 1979년 10월부터 2002년 6월까지 연세대학교 의과대학 부속병원에서 8명이 폰탄순환 장애로 과거의 폰탄 수술을 완전대정맥-폐동맥 연결로 전환하였다. 환자들의 심장 기형은 삼첨판 폐쇄증(n=4)과, 기타 기능성 단심실(n=4)이었다. TCPC로 전환 수술 시 평균 나이는 14.0$\pm$7.0년이었으며 (4.6~26.2세), 폰란 술식 후 대동맥-페동맥 연결로 전환한 사이의 간격의 중앙값은 7.5년(2.414.3년)이었다. 모든 환자들이 다양한 정도의 우심부전의 증상과 징후를 나타내었다. 6명의 환자가 NYHA기능적 분류의 111또는 IV에 해당되었다. 발작성 심방세동 (n=1), 청색증(n=2), 심방내 혈전(n=2)과 단백소모성 장질환(n=3)이 동반되어 나타났다. 이전의 폰탄수술은 심장외도관 (n=7)과 심방내외측통로(n=1)로 전환되었다. 결과 수술 사망은 없었다. 주요 합병증으로는 심부흉골감염(n=1), 2주 이상의 지속적인 흉막삼출(n=1), 일시적 접합부빈맥(n=1)이 있었다. 수술 후 중심정맥압은 수술 전에 비해 감소하였다(17.9$\pm$3.5 vs 14.9$\pm$l.0, p=0.049). 모든 환자를 추적 관찰하였으며, 최장 추적관찰 기간은 50.1개월(평균 30.3 $\pm$ 12.8개월)이었다. 만기 사망은 없었다. 모든 환자들이 NYHA기능분류 I또는 II에 해당되었다. 발작성 상심실성빈맥이 심방내외측통로수술로 전환받은 환자에서 발생하였다. 수술 전 단백소실성 장질환을 가지고 있던 환자 3명 중 2명에서 단백소실성 장질환이 재발하였다. 결론: 폰탄 술식 후 폰탄순환의 장애에 의한 혈행장애는 과거의 폰탄 술식을 완전 대정맥-폐동맥 연결로 전환해서 혈역학적 기능과 증상의 호전을 기대할 수 있었으며 수술 사망과 합병증의 위험은 높지 않다.