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Secondary Lymphangiectasia of the Small Bowel: Utility of Double Balloon Enteroscopy for Diagnosis and Management

2008; Karger Publishers; Volume: 26; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1159/000177027

1421-9875

Adriana V. Safatle‐Ribeiro, Kiyoshi Iriya, Decio S. Couto, Fábio Shiguehiss Kawaguti, Felipe Alves Retes, Ulysses Ribeiro, Paulo Sakai,

Lymphatic Disorders and Treatments

Sporadic lymphangiectasias are commonly found throughout the small bowel and are considered to be normal. Not uncommonly, lymphangiectasias are pathologic and can lead to mid-gastrointestinal bleeding, abdominal pain and protein-losing enteropathy. Pathologic lymphangiectasias of the small bowel include primary lymphangiectasia, secondary lymphangiectasia and lymphaticovenous malformations. In this report we present three different cases of small bowel lymphangiectasia detected by double balloon enteroscopy. The patients were diagnosed with South American blastomycosis, tuberculosis and primary small bowel lymphangioma.