Villous atrophy, an endoscopic and diagnostic challenge.
Andres Jose Gomez AldanaDiana Carolina GómezRocío Del Pilar López PanquevaPublished in: Revista espanola de enfermedades digestivas : organo oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Patologia Digestiva (2021)
Intestinal Villous atrophy is part of the diagnostic challenge for both pathologists and gastroenterologists, given its infrequent and the presence of multiple differential diagnosis. Here is a case of a patient with chronic diarrhea and endoscopic documentation of loss of villous architecture and histologic atrophy of the villi, ruling out autoimmune etiologies and immunodeficiencies, documenting an autoimmune enteropathy with a favorable response after the use of immunosuppressive therapy.