Colonic Lymphangiomatosis Associated with Protein-Losing Enteropathy

• DOI: 10.1007/s10620-005-2929-6
• Publication Date: 2005-08-17T01:43:54Z
• Authors: Jinbae Kim; Dongsoo Han; Cheol-Ho Hong; Hang-Lak Lee; Jong-Pyo Kim; Joo-Hyun Sohn; Joon-Soo Hahm
• Keywords: Adult; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Lymphangioma; Protein-Losing Enteropathies; Colonic Neoplasms; Humans; Female; Colonoscopy; Colectomy; 3. Good health

Most lymphangiomas are considered to be lymph vessel anomalies. They can occur anywhere in the body and only rarely affect the intestinal tract. However, as endoscopic examination has become more widespread, gastrointestinal lymphangiomas have been reported more frequently. The overwhelming majority of lymphangiomas are solitary; only several cases of multiple lymphangiomas of the colon have been reported so far (1‐3). Here we report multiple colonic and abdominal lymphangiomas in a young Korean woman who presented with protein-losing enteropathy.