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Colonic lymphangiectasia: Report of two cases

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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Two cases of lymphangiectasia of the colon are reported. Both patients were middle-aged and admitted excessive alcohol intake. Watery diarrhea and profound weakness were prominent symptoms. Dependent edema was present, and laboratory values showed anemia, hypokalemia, and hypoproteinemia. Resection of the part of the sigmoid colon in which bariumenema studies showed the greatest involvement relieved the diarrhea and the potassium-losing enteropathy.

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, 40506, Lexington, Kentucky

    Ward O. Griffen Jr. M.D., Robert P. Belin M.D., Richard W. Furman M.D., Arthur Lieber M.D., John W. Schaefer M.D. & Louis D. Dubilier M.D.

  2. Department of Radiology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, 40506, Lexington, Kentucky

    Ward O. Griffen Jr. M.D., Robert P. Belin M.D., Richard W. Furman M.D., Arthur Lieber M.D., John W. Schaefer M.D. & Louis D. Dubilier M.D.

  3. Department of Pathology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, 40506, Lexington, Kentucky

    Ward O. Griffen Jr. M.D., Robert P. Belin M.D., Richard W. Furman M.D., Arthur Lieber M.D., John W. Schaefer M.D. & Louis D. Dubilier M.D.

  4. Department of Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, 40506, Lexington, Kentucky

    Ward O. Griffen Jr. M.D., Robert P. Belin M.D., Richard W. Furman M.D., Arthur Lieber M.D., John W. Schaefer M.D. & Louis D. Dubilier M.D.

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Read at the Meeting of the American Proctologic Society, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 10 to 13, 1971.

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Griffen, W.O., Belin, R.P., Furman, R.W. et al. Colonic lymphangiectasia: Report of two cases. Dis Colon Rectum 15, 49–54 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02587669

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