* Bowel "dissection" in microvillus inclusion disease.
- A preterm male neonate was diagnosed as having microvillus inclusion disease based on the characteristics of histological and ultrastructural findings. The peripheral blood sample also revealed MYO5B mutation. He had been on long-term parenteral nutrition. However, a bowel segment was seen in the baby's diaper during hospitalization when he was 5 months old. Serial abdominal ultrasound demonstrated progressive dissection of the bowel wall with detached mucosa in real-time. Small intestinal epithelia were seen on the histology of the detached bowel segment. He died 2 weeks after the episode; postmortem autopsy showed diffuse detachment of mucosa of small bowels without perforation. This is the first report of an infant with microvillus inclusion disease that presented with bowel "dissection". Weakened adhesion and integrity of intestinal epithelial cells caused by MYO5B mutation was speculated to result in the dissection and detachment of the epithelia of the gastrointestinal tract.
Overview of verb reveal
The verb reveal has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (34) uncover, bring out, unveil, reveal -- (make visible; "Summer brings out bright clothes"; "He
brings out the best in her")
2. (17) unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away,
let out -- (make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or
that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van
Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news
to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case")
3. reveal -- (disclose directly or through prophets; "God rarely reveal his plans for Mankind")
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