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  #1

I have never smelled one like flowers !
Here is the question

A 3 year old boy has a 5 week history of weight loss and bulky,frothy,foul smelling stools
dietary modifications results in clinical improvement
which of the following is the most likely finding on examination of a biopsy specimen from the small intestine ?

a.-atrophy of villi and microvilli
b.-degenerative changes of the myenteric plexus
c.-multiple outpouching through the muscle coat
d.-numerous ulcerations and pseudopolyps
e.-pseudomembrane covering the luminal surface




  #2

A

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  #3

you came back

A

  #4

what is the disease?

  #5

I think a malabsorption syndrome

  #6

i like answer-a -celiac sprue (gluten enteropathy)

b-Hirschsprungs

c diverticulosis

d-ulcerative colitis ///////////////e is antibiotic assos. psuedomembranous colitis


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  #7

yeah baby, mj1717









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