Table 1.

Histopathologic spectrum of childhood enteropathies

Normal villus morphology	Villus atrophy/inflammation	Specific or characteristic features
Congenital chloride diarrhoea	Autoimmune enteropathy and IPEX	Lipid-filled enterocytes • ABL • HBL • CRD
Carbohydrate malabsorption	Microvillus inclusion disease	Absence of plasma cells • Immunodeficiency
Sucrose isomaltase deficiency	Tufting enteropathy	Lymphangiectasia • Primary intestinal lymphangiectasia
	Gluten sensitive enteropathy	Histiocytic infiltration in the lamina propria • Metabolic storage disorders
	Eosinophilic gastroenteritis	Infectious agents