protein-losing enteropathy

Etiology

• erosions or ulcerations of the esophagus, stomach, or duodenum
• regional enteritis
• graft versus host disease
• pseudomembranous colitis (Clostridium difficile)
• mucosal-based neoplasia
• carcinoid syndrome
• idiopathic ulcerative jejunoileitis
• amyloidosis
• Kaposi sarcoma
• protein dyscrasia
• ulcerative colitis
• neurofibromatosis
• cytomegalovirus infection
• tuberculosis
• sarcoidosis
• retroperitoneal fibrosis
• lymphoma
• intestinal endometriosis
• lymphoenteric fistula
• Whipple disease
• cardiac disease
  • constrictive pericarditis
  • congestive heart failure
• intestinal lymphangiectasia
• cutaneous burns
• connective tissue disorders
• AIDS
• enteropathy
  • angioedema
  • Henoch-Schonlein purpura
• celiac sprue
• tropical sprue
• allergic gastroenteritis
• eosinophilic gastroenteritis
• giant hypertrophic gastritis (Menetrier disease)
• bacterial overgrowth
• intestinal parasites
• microscopic colitis
• Dientamoeba fragilis

More general terms

• intestinal disease