Microvillous Inclusion Disease-An Ultrastructural Diagnosis: With a Review of the Literature

Microvillous Inclusion Disease-An Ultrastructural Diagnosis: With a Review of the Literature

Microvillous inclusion disease is a rare disorder of infancy associated with protracted diarrhea. This malady reveals distinct ultrastructural changes. The surface enterocytes of the duodenum show vesicles lined with microvilli and the surface microvilli are poorly formed. The authors present one ca...

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Published in:Ultrastructural pathology Vol. 35; no. 2; pp. 87 - 91
Main Authors: Khubchandani, Shaila R., Vohra, Pankaj, Chitale, Arun R., Sidana, Poonam
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England Informa Healthcare 01-04-2011
Taylor & Francis
Subjects:
Biopsy
Duodenoscopy
Duodenum - ultrastructure
Enterocytes - ultrastructure
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Inclusion Bodies - pathology
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
Malabsorption Syndromes - pathology
Malabsorption Syndromes - therapy
Male
Microvilli - pathology
Microvilli - ultrastructure
Microvillous atrophy
Microvillous inclusion disease
Mucolipidoses - pathology
Mucolipidoses - therapy
Neonatal diarrhea
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Summary:Microvillous inclusion disease is a rare disorder of infancy associated with protracted diarrhea. This malady reveals distinct ultrastructural changes. The surface enterocytes of the duodenum show vesicles lined with microvilli and the surface microvilli are poorly formed. The authors present one case of microvillous inclusion disease with a review of the literature.
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ISSN:0191-3123
1521-0758
DOI:10.3109/01913123.2010.537438