1. Primary Intestinal Lymphangiectasia Causing Intussusception and Small Bowel Obstruction
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Jordan Colson, Tarek I. Abu-Rajab Tamimi, Kamani Lankachandra, Yousaf Zafar, Hani El-Halawany, and Keerthi T. Gondi
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Gastrointestinal bleeding ,Gastrointestinal tract ,Colon ,business.industry ,Case Report ,General Medicine ,Lymphangiectasia ,medicine.disease ,Bowel obstruction ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Acute abdomen ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Intussusception (medical disorder) ,medicine ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,Radiology ,Presentation (obstetrics) ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Rare disease - Abstract
Abdominal lymphangiectasia is a rare disease manifestation with a variety of anatomic locations and clinical presentations. The gastrointestinal tract may be affected, and lymphangiectasia originating in the wall of the intestine has rarely been described. We present a case of primary small bowel lymphangiectasia causing intussusception in a 30-year-old woman who presented with emesis and gastrointestinal bleeding. This case emphasizes the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management in adults with abdominal lymphangiectasia. We highlight the importance of a high clinical suspicion for lymphangiectasia in an adult with acute abdomen to avoid catastrophic morbidity.
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- 2019
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