title: Intestinal lymphangiectasia without protein loss in a child with abdominal pain.
abstract: A 7-year-old white girl presented with recurrent abdominal pain because of gastroesophageal reflux. At endoscopy, we found intestinal lymphangiectasia in the duodenal biopsy. There were no physical signs, nor any laboratory evidence of enteric protein loss.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Academic Hospital Maastricht, State University Limburg, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Van der Meer
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Forget
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Willebrand
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008201:Lymphangiectasis, Intestinal / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D011504:Protein-Losing Enteropathies / Q000150:complications*; D012008:Recurrence