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Espru tropical

Последний просмотренный: 9 Apr 2025
Last updated: 20 Apr 2023

Резюме

Определение

Анамнез и осмотр

Ключевые диагностические факторы

  • exposição prolongada a uma área endêmica
  • sintomas constitucionais
  • diarreia
  • distensão abdominal
  • fezes gordurosas e fétidas
  • glossite
  • dormência dos dedos das mãos e dos pés
Полная информация

Другие диагностические факторы

  • cólica abdominal
  • febre
  • edema dos membros inferiores
  • queda de cabelos
  • queilite/estomatite angular
  • edema nos pés
  • ruídos hidroaéreos hiperativos/borborigmos
  • hiperpigmentação/erupção eczematosa
  • palidez
  • olhos secos
  • xerose da córnea
  • cegueira noturna
  • diminuição de reflexos tendinosos profundos/diminuição de sensibilidade vibratória
Полная информация

Факторы риска

  • exposição prolongada a uma área endêmica
  • antígeno leucocitário humano (HLA) nas séries Aw-19
Полная информация

Диагностические исследования

Исследования, которые показаны в первую очередь

  • Hemograma completo
  • ensaio quantitativo de gordura fecal
  • teste D-xilose
  • folato sérico
  • vitamina B12 sérica
Полная информация

Исследования, проведение которых нужно рассмотреть

  • pesquisa de ovos e parasitas nas fezes
  • coprocultura
  • endoscopia digestiva alta com biópsia
  • tentativa terapêutica com ácido fólico
Полная информация

Алгоритм лечения

ПРОДОЛЖЕНИЕ

sintomas de espru tropical

Составители

Авторы

Daniel Wild, MD

Professor of Medicine

Division of Gastroenterology

Duke University Medical Center

Durham

NC

Раскрытие информации

DW declares that he has no competing interests.

Iris L. Vance, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Division of Gastroenterology

Duke University Medical Center

Durham

NC

Раскрытие информации

ILV declares that she has no competing interests.

Выражение благодарностей

Dr Daniel Wild and Dr Iris L. Vance would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Moises Guelrud, a previous contributor to this topic. MG declares that he has no competing interests.

Рецензенты

J. Thomas LaMont, MD

Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Division of Gastroenterology

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Boston

MA

Раскрытие информации

JTLM declares that he has no competing interests.

Daniel Leffler, MD, MS

Instructor in Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Director of Clinical Research

The Celiac Center

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Boston

MA

Disclosures

DL declares that he has no competing interests.

Paul Ciclitira, MBBS, MD, PhD

Professor of Gastroenterology

Department of Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences

King's College London

Rayne Institute

St Thomas' Hospital

London

UK

Disclosures

PC declares that he has no competing interests.

References

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Key articles

Keele KD, Bound JP. Sprue in India: a clinical survey of 600 cases. BMJ. 1946;1:77-81.

Sheehy TW, Cohen WC, Wallace DK, et al. Tropical sprue in North Americans. JAMA. 1965;194:1069-1076. Abstract

Sheehy TW, Baggs B, Perez-Santiago E, et al. Prognosis of tropical sprue. A study of the effect of folic acid on the intestinal aspects of acute and chronic sprue. Ann Intern Med. 1962;57:892-908. Abstract

Suarez RM, Spies TD, Suarez RM Jr. The use of folic acid in sprue. Ann Intern Med. 1947;26:642-677.

Rickles FR, Klipstein FA, Tomasini J, et al. Long-term follow-up of antibiotic-treated tropical sprue. Ann Intern Med. 1972;76:203-210. Abstract

Guerra R, Wheby MS, Bayless TM. Long term antibiotic in tropical sprue. Ann Intern Med. 1965;63:619-634. Abstract

Reference articles

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