Surgical resection of duodenal lymphangiectasia: A case report

作     者：Chih-Ping Chen Yee Chao Chung-Pin Li Wen-Ching Lo Chew-Wun Wu Shyh-Haw Tsay Rheun-Chuan Lee Full-Young Chang 

作者机构：Division of GastroenterologyDepartment of MedicineTaipei Veterans General Hospital and Institute of Clinical MedicineNational Yang-Ming University School of MedicineTaipeiTaiwanChina Cancer CenterTaipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University School of MedicineTaipeiTaiwanChina Division of General SurgeryDepartment of SurgeryTaipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University School of MedicineTaipeiTaiwanChina Department of PathologyTaipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University School of MedicineTaipeiTaiwanChina Department of RadiologyTaipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University School of MedicineTaipeiTaiwanChina 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 (世界胃肠病学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2003年第9卷第12期

页      面：2880-2882页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100210[医学-外科学(含：普外、骨外、泌尿外、胸心外、神外、整形、烧伤、野战外)] 10[医学] 

主　　题：十二指肠淋巴管扩张 外科治疗 十二指肠切除术 临床症状 病例报告 

摘      要：Intestinal lymphangiectasia, characterized by dilatation of intestinal lacteals, is rare. The major treatment for primary intestinal lymphangiectasia is dietary modification. Surgery to relieve symptoms and to clarify the etiology should be considered when medical treatment failed. This article reports a 49-year-old woman of solitary duodenal lymphangiectasia, who presented with epigastralgia and anemia. Her symptoms persisted with medical *** was finally performed to relieve the symptoms and to exclude the existence of underlying etiologies, with satisfactory effect. In conclusion, duodenal lymphangiectasia can present clinically as epigastralgia and chronic blood loss. Surgical resection may be resorted to relieve pain,control bleeding, and exclude underlying diseases in some patients.