Sclerosis of the intestinal lymphatic vessels
Servelle, M.; Turiaf, J.; Albeaux-Fernet, M.; Laroche, C.; Bernier, J.J.; Soulié, J.; Bacourt, F.; Chabot, J.; Fournier, D.; Andrieux, J.B.
La Semaine des Hopitaux Organe Fonde Par l'Association d'Enseignement Medical des Hopitaux de Paris 51(12): 799-806
1975
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-1777 PMID: 164689 Document Number: 86667
Fibrosis of the intestinal lymphatic vessels, produced in one case by tuberculosis and, in the other, by appendicitis and peritonitis, caused blockage of the main lymphatic vessels causing, clinically, a protein-losing enteropathy similar to that noted in congenital lymphatic diseases of childhood. In the laboratory, there was noted a fall in serum protein, lipid and cholesterol. A fat absorption test was very abnormal showing a flat curve. During laparotomy, there was discovered on the small intestine, the same layout of lymph vessels, resembling a lace network, as that observed in congenital malformations. Intestinal lymphography showed considerable stasis of the opaque substance and absence of injection of the lymph vessels in the mesentery.