AI Article Synopsis
- The text discusses the rare occurrence of CT findings for intestinal lymphangiectasia, specifically noting a lack of reports in adults and no documented cases in children.
- It presents a specific case study of a 3-year-old boy with biopsy-confirmed primary small intestinal lymphangiectasia and describes his CT appearance.
- Additionally, the text includes a review of the limited existing literature regarding CT findings of this disorder in adults.
Article Abstract
There have been few reports of the CT findings of intestinal lymphangiectasia in adults, and no CT descriptions have been reported in the literature in children. We describe the CT appearance of a biopsy-proven case of primary small intestinal lymphangiectasia in a 3-year-old boy, and we will review the limited literature on the CT findings in this disorder in adults.
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