ceroidosis
"brown bowel" syndrome
- diffuse accumulation of brown lipofuscin pigment
in muscularis propria of GI tract
- 2' to chronic malabsorption + depletion of vitamin E
- dilatation + hypomotility of entire GI tract
can simulate obstruction
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2002-04-18