Abstract
A case of acute mucosal ulceration of the entire small intestine accompanied by skin rash, hepatitis and marrow suppression is reported. Recovery was complicated by a severe protein losing enteropathy and small intestinal strictures and the patient died post-operatively of a pulmonary embolism. The aetiology remains unknown.
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