Hypomagnesemia in intestinal lymphangiectasia: a case report and review of the literature

BACKGROUND: Intestinal lymphangiectasia (IL) is a rare disease characterized by dilation of lymphatic vessels and leakage of lymphatic fluids into the intestinal lumen, causing depletion of lymphocytes, protein, lipids, fat-soluble vitamins, and electrolytes. Hypomagnesemia can occur in IL patients...

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Autores principales: Feng, Hao, Zou, Linfeng, Zhai, Xiao, Zhang, Shengyu, Li, Jingnan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9107688/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35570283
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12876-022-02318-6
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author Feng, Hao
Zou, Linfeng
Zhai, Xiao
Zhang, Shengyu
Li, Jingnan
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Zou, Linfeng
Zhai, Xiao
Zhang, Shengyu
Li, Jingnan
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description BACKGROUND: Intestinal lymphangiectasia (IL) is a rare disease characterized by dilation of lymphatic vessels and leakage of lymphatic fluids into the intestinal lumen, causing depletion of lymphocytes, protein, lipids, fat-soluble vitamins, and electrolytes. Hypomagnesemia can occur in IL patients but is seldom discussed. CASE PRESENTATION: A 30-year-old Tibetan woman who had chronic diarrhea, edema, tetany, and tingling was diagnosed with IL. Prominent hypomagnesemia was noticed. She was treated with a medium-chain triglyceride (MCT) diet and nutrient supplementation with satisfactory results. We also present a systematic review of hypomagnesemia in IL cases from the published literature. CONCLUSIONS: Hypomagnesemia may be an overlooked complication of IL, thus monitoring serum magnesium concentrations in IL patients is crucial.
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spelling pubmed-91076882022-05-16 Hypomagnesemia in intestinal lymphangiectasia: a case report and review of the literature Feng, Hao Zou, Linfeng Zhai, Xiao Zhang, Shengyu Li, Jingnan BMC Gastroenterol Case Report BACKGROUND: Intestinal lymphangiectasia (IL) is a rare disease characterized by dilation of lymphatic vessels and leakage of lymphatic fluids into the intestinal lumen, causing depletion of lymphocytes, protein, lipids, fat-soluble vitamins, and electrolytes. Hypomagnesemia can occur in IL patients but is seldom discussed. CASE PRESENTATION: A 30-year-old Tibetan woman who had chronic diarrhea, edema, tetany, and tingling was diagnosed with IL. Prominent hypomagnesemia was noticed. She was treated with a medium-chain triglyceride (MCT) diet and nutrient supplementation with satisfactory results. We also present a systematic review of hypomagnesemia in IL cases from the published literature. CONCLUSIONS: Hypomagnesemia may be an overlooked complication of IL, thus monitoring serum magnesium concentrations in IL patients is crucial. BioMed Central 2022-05-15 /pmc/articles/PMC9107688/ /pubmed/35570283 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12876-022-02318-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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Feng, Hao
Zou, Linfeng
Zhai, Xiao
Zhang, Shengyu
Li, Jingnan
Hypomagnesemia in intestinal lymphangiectasia: a case report and review of the literature
title Hypomagnesemia in intestinal lymphangiectasia: a case report and review of the literature
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title_fullStr Hypomagnesemia in intestinal lymphangiectasia: a case report and review of the literature
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title_short Hypomagnesemia in intestinal lymphangiectasia: a case report and review of the literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9107688/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35570283
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12876-022-02318-6
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