Complicated primary intestinal lymphangiectasia (Waldmann's disease) in a child successfully treated with octreotide: A case report from a low-resource setting

INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: The primary intestinal lymphangiectasia is a rare exudative enteropathy of unknown etiology that affects the lymphatic system. It causes lymphedema and malabsorption syndrome by the escape of the lymph and its elements into the intestinal lumen. CASE PRESENTATION: A fema...

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Autores principales: El Haddar, Zohair, Sbia, Yassine, Rkain, Maria, Benajiba, Noufissa, Babakhouya, Abdeladim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8350189/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34401115
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2021.102588

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