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Paul N. Maton, MD

JAMA. 1988;260(11):1602-1605.

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SELECTED CASE

A WOMAN was well until the age of 54 years when she developed asthma, which was treated with albuterol and steroids. Two years later she noticed intermittent diarrhea and flushing. When first seen, five years after the onset of asthma, she gave a history of flushing of the upper part of her body, a 4.5-kg weight loss, and diarrhea. On examination at that time, she had an enlarged, irregular liver, a prominent flush over the upper half of the body, and a scaly erythematous rash on the face and hands that proved to be pellagra. The venous pressure was elevated 2 cm above the clavicle, and there was a third heart sound. Investigations showed an elevated serum alkaline phosphatase level of 180 U/L (normal level, <124 U/L) with normal levels of bilirubin and transaminases. Fecal fats were 9 g/d (normal amount, <7 g/d), and the concentration of 24-hour . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Digestive Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.

Footnotes
Presented Nov 25, 1987, at Clinical Center Grand Rounds, National Institutes of Health.

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