title: [Efficacy of double balloon enteroscopy for patients with intestinal lymphangiectasia, case report of primary intestinal lymphangiectasia].
abstract: A 31-year-old man has visited our hospital, complaining diarrhea and leg edema. Blood test showed hypoalbuminea, but we couldn't find the reason by several examinations. Therefore, we performed double balloon enteroscopy, and intestinal lymphangiectasia was diagnosed histologically by biopsy. It's useful and effective to perform double balloon enteroscopy and histological examination for the unknown origin case of protein loosing enteropathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University.
authors.forename: Yoshikazu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yakami
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Natsuhiko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kameda
authors.forename: Hirohisa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Machida
authors.forename: Hirotoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okazaki
authors.forename: Hirokazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamagami
authors.forename: Masatsugu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shiba
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: Nobuhide
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Oshitani
authors.forename: Tetsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Arakawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007019:Hypoproteinemia / Q000209:etiology; D007866:Leg; D008201:Lymphangiectasis, Intestinal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011504:Protein-Losing Enteropathies / Q000209:etiology