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TRANSIENT INTESTINAL LYMPHANGIECTASIA
Author(s) -
ØRBECK HARALD,
LARSEN TOVE EEG,
HOVIG TORSTEIN
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1978.tb17823.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lymphangiectasia , disease , intestinal malabsorption , pathology , lymphatic system , coeliac disease
. Intestinal lymphangiectasia may be more protean in clinical manifestations and less rare than earlier suspected. A recent report points out that there are two types of the disorder, one congenital and the other acquired and transitory. A case is reported which fulfills the current clinical, laboratory, radiological and histological criteria for the diagnosis of the disease, and represents the first report in Scandinavia of transient intestinal lymphangiectasia with rapid and complete recovery within a few months after initiation of MCT diet.