title: [Primary intestinal lymphangiectasis. A case treated surgically].
abstract: The authors describe a rare case of primary intestinal lymphangiectasis resolved with surgical treatment. Usually the natural course of the disease is relatively mild and medical nutritional treatment can be sufficient. In this case the lymphatic intestinal anomaly was generalized to the entire small intestine but a distal ileal segment was particularly involved. The surgical resection of this intestinal tract resolved the symptomatology.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Chirurgia Pediatrica, Ospedale Regionale, Vicenza, Italia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mercurella
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Galloni
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Danti
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Valli
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Colombo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Belloli
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000473:pathology; D007223:Infant; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology; D008201:Lymphangiectasis, Intestinal / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008643:Mesentery / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Linfangectasia intestinale primitiva (L.I.P.). Un caso di trattamento chirurgico.