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Intestinal lymphangiectasia without protein loss in a child with abdominal pain
S B Van der Meer1, P P Forget, D Willebrand
1Department of Pediatrics, Academic Hospital Maastricht, State University Limburg, The Netherlands.
Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
|February 1, 1990
Abstract:
A 7-year-old white girl presented with recurrent abdominal pain because of gastroesophageal reflux. At endoscopy, we found intestinal lymphangiectasia in the duodenal biopsy. There were no physical signs, nor any laboratory evidence of enteric protein loss.