Seventy-Five-Year-Old Man With Unexplained Weight Loss And Alopecia

    June 2019 in “ Gut ”
    Elmer Hoekstra, J. van der Laan, Michael van der Voorn
    TLDR A 75-year-old man lost weight, hair, and nails due to severe stomach and intestine inflammation.
    A 75-year-old man experienced unexplained weight loss of 25 kg over 6 months, along with loss of appetite, hair loss, and purple discoloration of his palms and soles. Despite normal laboratory findings and imaging results, an oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopy revealed hypertrophic pangastritis and enteritis. The patient also lost his fingernails, but no gastrointestinal complaints or stool abnormalities were reported.
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