Intestinal lymphangiectasia: Ultrasound evaluation of a case simulating appendicitis

✍ Scribed by Menahem M. Maya; Jeffrey Friedwald

• Book ID: 104661261
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 886 KB
• Volume: 18
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0942-8925
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00201696

✦ Synopsis

Intestinal lymphangiectasia is a disorder of the lymphatics of the gastrointestinal system that usually manifests itself with protein-losing enteropathy, malabsorption, and ascites. We report an adult patient with this disorder with an unusual presentation simulating an acute abdomen.