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Severe Selenium Deficiency Secondary to Chylous Loss
Eva de Berranger, MD*,
Stéphanie Colinet, MD*,
Laurent Michaud, MD*,
Robin Cremer, MD ,
Catherine Fourrier, MD ,
George Marie Brévière, MD ,
Dominique Turck, MD, PhD* and
Frédéric Gottrand, MD, PhD*
From the * Division of Gastroenterology,
Hepatology and Nutrition, Division of
Intensive Care, and Division of Cardiology,
Department of Pediatrics University Children's Hospital and Faculty of
Medicine, Lille, France
Correspondence: L. Michaud, Unité de Gastro-entérologie,
Hépatologie et Nutrition, Clinique de Pédiatrie, Hôpital
Jeanne de Flandre, 59037 Lille cedex, France. Electronic mail may be sent to
l-michaud{at}chru-lille.fr.
Selenium deficiency is observed in patients with poor intake. We report the
first case of a child with lymphangiomatosis who presented a myopathy
associated with severe cardiomyopathy secondary to selenium deficiency due to
selenium loss in chylous fluid.
Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Vol. 30, No. 2,
173-174 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0148607106030002173

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