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  • Title: Pseudo-obstruction and a sprue-like syndrome from stronglyloidiasis.
    Author: Bartholomew C, Butler AK, Bhaskar AG, Jankey N.
    Journal: Postgrad Med J; 1977 Mar; 53(617):139-42. PubMed ID: 859785.
    Abstract:
    Symptomatic disease from Strongyloides stercoralis has been recognized for the first time in Trinidad. Five cases are reported, all showing clinical features suggestive of a sprue-like syndrome. Subtotal jejunal villous atrophy was seen in one case and partial villous atrophy in two. Three patients had laparotomies because of suspected partial intestinal obstruction. A sprue-like syndrome in certain Caribbean immigrants should arouse a suspicion of S. stercoralis.
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