Sistema gastrointestinal y digestivo

Abstracto

Primary Intestinal Lymphangieactasia in a Child

Sumathi Bavanandam, Nirmala Dheivamani, Bhaskar Raju

Primary intestinal lymphangiectasia is one of the causes of protein losing enteropathy in children. Three years old female child presented with anasarca, failure to thrive, anemia due to primary intestinal lymphangieactasia. Diagnosis was made by endoscopic finding with histopathology of small intestinal mucosa. She responded to diet therapy with medium chain triglycerides along with fat soluble vitamin supplementation. She is in clinical remission without loose stools, fluid retention with catch up growth on follow up period of three years till now.