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====Other Tests====
 
====Other Tests====
Serum trypsin-like immunoassay (TLI) to rule out exocrine pancreatic inssuficiency (EPI)
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Serum trypsin-like immunoassay (TLI) to rule out exocrine pancreatic inssuficiency (EPI).
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Faecal analysis to rule out endoparasite and pathogenic bacteria.
 
Faecal analysis to rule out endoparasite and pathogenic bacteria.
    
===Diagnostic Imaging===
 
===Diagnostic Imaging===
 
Abdominal radiography is unremarkable, but it can be used to eliminate other differential diagnosis.
 
Abdominal radiography is unremarkable, but it can be used to eliminate other differential diagnosis.
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Addominal ultrasonography may reveal thickened intestinal walls, mesenteric lymphadenopathy or abdominal effusion.
 
Addominal ultrasonography may reveal thickened intestinal walls, mesenteric lymphadenopathy or abdominal effusion.
    
===Histopathology===
 
===Histopathology===
 
Intestinal biopsy is needed for a definitive diagbosis once all the other differential diagnoses have been eliminated.
 
Intestinal biopsy is needed for a definitive diagbosis once all the other differential diagnoses have been eliminated.
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Refer to [[Intestines Inflammatory Bowel Disease And Related Conditions - Pathology #Lymphocytic - Plasmacytic Enteritis|Lymphocytic - Plasmacytic Enteritis]] for pathology.
 
Refer to [[Intestines Inflammatory Bowel Disease And Related Conditions - Pathology #Lymphocytic - Plasmacytic Enteritis|Lymphocytic - Plasmacytic Enteritis]] for pathology.
  
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