[Efficacy of double balloon enteroscopy for patients with intestinal lymphangiectasia, case report of primary intestinal lymphangiectasia].
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.
Yakami
Yoshikazu
Y
Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University.
Watanabe
Kenji
K
Kameda
Natsuhiko
N
Machida
Hirohisa
H
Okazaki
Hirotoshi
H
Yamagami
Hirokazu
H
Shiba
Masatsugu
M
Fujiwara
Yasuhiro
Y
Oshitani
Nobuhide
N
Arakawa
Tetsuo
T
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