Late onset Intestinal Lymphangiectasia -A rare cause of bipedal edema in middle age
Year: 2013
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Intestinal Lymphgiectasia is a rare disease characterized by hypoproteinemia, pedal edema and lymphocytopenia resulting from loss of lymph fluid into gastrointestinal tract. It can be primary or secondary and present during early childhood and rarely during adulthood. Presentation at 50 years is very very rare. The significance of this case lies in the late onset of Primary Intestinal lymphangiectasia which is a rare presentation of this very rare disease. The complaint of our patient was only bilateral pedal edema.
Institution: Government Medical College, Amritsar
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2147013174