November 2024 in “International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences” This case report describes a 30-year-old woman with severe hypoalbuminemia related to suspected SLE, who showed improvement in albumin levels after three days of treatment including IV albumin and dietary protein.
January 2023 in “Trakia Journal of Sciences” In this study, goats infested with lice exhibited specific hematological and biochemical changes, including anemia and hypoferremia in those with sucking lice and leukocytosis in those with biting lice, which normalized following eprinomectin treatment.
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October 1980 in “Gastroenterology” This report is the first to associate Cronkhite-Canada syndrome with multiple myeloma, describing regenerative pseudopolyps in a 58-year-old woman rather than true adenomatous polyps.
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September 1998 in “PubMed” In this study, a dietary protein deficiency was identified as the cause of alopecia and weight loss in captive western lowland gorillas, and protein supplementation improved their condition.
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January 2012 in “International Journal of Trichology” This case report highlights the importance of suspecting underlying malignancy, such as Hodgkin's lymphoma, in patients with diffuse hair loss and other cutaneous symptoms.
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July 2018 in “Pediatrics” This case report describes a previously healthy 3-year-old girl who developed scurvy symptoms not directly linked to vitamin C dietary deficiency, highlighting the potential for misdiagnosis in similar cases.
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March 2021 in “Parasitology Research” This case study reports the first clinical case of besnoitiosis in two donkeys in Italy, suggesting a wider distribution of the disease in European equids than previously expected.
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July 2022 in “Pediatric dermatology” This case report highlights that a restrictive rice milk diet in a young child led to kwashiorkor with severe malnutrition, skin changes, and developmental regression, which improved with a protein-rich therapeutic diet.
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March 2020 in “JAAD case reports” This article discusses the various clinical manifestations of kwashiorkor, resulting from severe protein malnutrition, and reports no new research findings.
June 2026 in “Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology” In this study conducted at the Veterinary Clinical Complex in Bikaner, Rajasthan, researchers found that among 240 canine dermatitis cases, 25 dogs had demodicosis, characterized by various hematological and serum biochemical changes, and distinctive histopathological alterations in skin samples.
March 2025 in “Journal of Medical Research and Surgery” This report details a case of severe protein-energy malnutrition resembling kwashiorkor in a 43-year-old woman after bariatric surgery, highlighting the crucial role of early diagnosis and a multidisciplinary approach in managing nutritional complications and improving outcomes in similar patients.
January 2025 in “International Journal of Advanced Biochemistry Research” In this study, dogs diagnosed with demodicosis achieved full recovery after a single dose of fluralaner, with clinical improvement supported by negative skin scraping results by day 28, and hematobiochemical parameters normalizing over the treatment period.
In this case report, researchers observed that a malnourished male patient developed pseudoglucagonoma syndrome, characterized by necrolytic migratory erythema and diffuse hair loss, following Frey's surgery, which rapidly improved with enhanced nutrition.
August 2025 in “Cermin Dunia Kedokteran” This study highlights that hypoalbuminemia, often found in critically ill or elderly hospitalized patients, may increase morbidity, mortality, and hospitalization duration, suggesting specific conditions where oral or parenteral albumin supplementation should be considered.
This case report details a 38-year-old woman in Sri Lanka diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus-associated protein-losing enteropathy, identified through hypoalbuminemia and EULAR criteria in a resource-limited setting.
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January 2009 in “World Journal of Gastroenterology” This study reports the first documented case of Cronkhite-Canada syndrome in a patient with myelodysplastic syndrome, where corticosteroids dramatically improved the patient's condition.
May 2022 in “International journal of infectious diseases” In this case study, a 70-year-old woman with generalized favus caused by Trichophyton schoenleinii achieved a clinical and mycological cure after a one-month terbinafine treatment.
December 2019 in “Saintika Medika” This case report describes a rare instance of a 23-year-old woman with both Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita and aggressive systemic lupus erythematosus, suggesting a potential immunogenetic link through HLA-DR2.
October 2019 in “Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences” This case report describes a 56-year-old male with chronic watery diarrhea, hyperpigmentation, and alopecia, in whom colonoscopy revealed multiple polypoidal lesions from the distal transverse colon to the rectum.
December 2025 in “Frontiers in Nutrition” This study found that in patients with AIDS-related non-Hodgkin lymphoma undergoing targeted therapy, a positive serum albumin change rate was significantly associated with better treatment outcomes, suggesting the value of dynamic albumin monitoring and nutritional support during treatment.
January 2021 in “ACTA SCIENTIAE VETERINARIAE” This case report describes a 1-year-old Daschund with canine eosinophilic folliculitis whose symptoms improved following immunosuppressive therapy with glucocorticoids.
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October 2022 in “Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology” This study found that alopecia areata patients had a higher serum CRP/albumin ratio compared to healthy controls, and this elevation was linked to disease severity, indicating its potential as an inflammatory marker.
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June 2010 in “Clinics in Dermatology” This review discusses how changes in hair and skin may indicate underlying vitamin deficiencies and emphasizes the need to identify populations at risk for these deficiencies; it reports no new results.
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July 2007 in “Dermatologic Therapy” This review discusses the pharmacologic properties, mechanisms, dosing options, and adverse effects of systemic glucocorticosteroids in dermatology, but reports no new findings.
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January 2001 in “Internal Medicine” This case report demonstrates a strong association between protein-losing enteropathy and systemic lupus erythematosus, with symptoms and conditions improving with prednisolone treatment.
16 citations
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May 2013 in “Australasian Journal of Dermatology” In this study, detailed examinations of alopecic lesions in two female Cronkhite-Canada syndrome patients suggested hair regrowth might occur without systemic corticosteroids if not required for gastrointestinal treatment, and hair loss may begin with anagen-telogen transition.
9 citations
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July 2017 in “Case Reports in Dermatology” This case study describes a 19-year-old female with hidradenitis suppurativa whose symptoms and metabolic abnormalities improved significantly over 3 years on a combined regimen, though some skin lesions persisted.
6 citations
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January 2015 in “Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association” A 7-year-old dog with a rare autoimmune disease was euthanized due to severe anemia and poor prognosis.
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November 2022 in “Frontiers in oncology” This study found that while serum zinc concentrations were not associated with developing gynecologic cancers, zinc deficiency was linked to a higher recurrence rate.
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May 2019 in “Australasian Journal of Dermatology” This letter to the editors discusses the nature of alopecia in Cronkhite–Canada syndrome and questions whether it is truly telogen effluvium, but it reports no new clinical findings.