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Brown Bowel Syndrome in a Middle-Aged Woman with Chronic Idiopathic Malabsorption

Brown bowel syndrome (BBS) is an extremely unusual condition characterized by an orange-brown discoloration of the bowel and intestinal motility disorders secondary to fat-soluble vitamin deficiency and malabsorption from many different causes. We present the case of a middle-aged woman suffering fo...

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Autores principales: Parente, Renato, Pinamonti, Maurizio, Martina, Stefania
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6476017/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31093414
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/4706592
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author Parente, Renato
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description Brown bowel syndrome (BBS) is an extremely unusual condition characterized by an orange-brown discoloration of the bowel and intestinal motility disorders secondary to fat-soluble vitamin deficiency and malabsorption from many different causes. We present the case of a middle-aged woman suffering for years of chronic constipation with recurrent intestinal subocclusion, who was diagnosed BBS on surgical biopsy material. Nutritional supplementary treatment was tried, but her symptoms did not improve, and a decision was finally made in favor of a surgical approach. After subtotal colectomy and continual vitamin nutritional supplementation, she has now regular transit without the use of laxatives. BBS is a rare complication of long-term malabsorption manifesting as intestinal motility disorders, which can lead to severe complications. This condition is only partially responsive to vitamin supplementation, and most cases require surgery.
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spelling pubmed-64760172019-05-15 Brown Bowel Syndrome in a Middle-Aged Woman with Chronic Idiopathic Malabsorption Parente, Renato Pinamonti, Maurizio Martina, Stefania Case Rep Surg Case Report Brown bowel syndrome (BBS) is an extremely unusual condition characterized by an orange-brown discoloration of the bowel and intestinal motility disorders secondary to fat-soluble vitamin deficiency and malabsorption from many different causes. We present the case of a middle-aged woman suffering for years of chronic constipation with recurrent intestinal subocclusion, who was diagnosed BBS on surgical biopsy material. Nutritional supplementary treatment was tried, but her symptoms did not improve, and a decision was finally made in favor of a surgical approach. After subtotal colectomy and continual vitamin nutritional supplementation, she has now regular transit without the use of laxatives. BBS is a rare complication of long-term malabsorption manifesting as intestinal motility disorders, which can lead to severe complications. This condition is only partially responsive to vitamin supplementation, and most cases require surgery. Hindawi 2019-04-04 /pmc/articles/PMC6476017/ /pubmed/31093414 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/4706592 Text en Copyright © 2019 Renato Parente et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Brown Bowel Syndrome in a Middle-Aged Woman with Chronic Idiopathic Malabsorption
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6476017/
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