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Intestinal lymphangiectasia: ultrasound evaluation of a case simulating appendicitis
1Department of Radiology, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, New York 10021.
Abdominal Imaging
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
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.