小结
定义
病史和体格检查
关键诊断因素
- exposição prolongada a uma área endêmica
- sintomas constitucionais
- diarreia
- distensão abdominal
- fezes gordurosas e fétidas
- glossite
- dormência dos dedos das mãos e dos pés
其他诊断因素
- 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
危险因素
- exposição prolongada a uma área endêmica
- antígeno leucocitário humano (HLA) nas séries Aw-19
诊断性检查
首要检查
- Hemograma completo
- ensaio quantitativo de gordura fecal
- teste D-xilose
- folato sérico
- vitamina B12 sérica
需考虑的检查
- pesquisa de ovos e parasitas nas fezes
- coprocultura
- endoscopia digestiva alta com biópsia
- tentativa terapêutica com ácido fólico
治疗流程
sintomas de espru tropical
撰稿人
作者
Daniel Wild, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham
NC
利益声明
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
利益声明
ILV declares that she has no competing interests.
鸣谢
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.
同行评议者
J. Thomas LaMont, MD
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Division of Gastroenterology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston
MA
利益声明
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.
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References
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
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