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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.

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