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Cutaneous viral infection as a presentation of intestinal lymphangiectasia
Author(s) -
ROSS I.N.,
CHESNER I.,
THOMPSON R.A.,
PARKER R.G.,
ASQUITH P.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1982.tb00367.x
Subject(s) - squire , presentation (obstetrics) , medicine , library science , history , surgery , archaeology , computer science
SUMMARY A cell‐losing enteropathy is one consequence of intestinal lymphangiectasia (IL) and can lead to impairment of cell mediated immunity. This paper describes two patients who presented with atypical virus infections of the skin and who were subsequently found to have IL.