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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