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IMAGE DESCRIPTIONS

altered architecture with marked villous atrophy Image

granules accumulating in the apical cytoplasm of mature enterocytes and an altered enterocyte brush border membrane Image

CD10 reveals ean nlarged intracytoplasmic band along the apical pole of enterocytes (corresponding to autophagocytic vacuoles and microvillous inclusion bodies revealed by EM)

CLINICAL

Presents in the few days of life with severe secretory diarrhea[ metabolic acidosis and dehydration rapidly sets in

PROGNOSIS

Many infants do not survive the first three years of life, and sucumb to infectious complications or liver failure.

Last updated: 2012-01-27
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