Intestinal lymphangiectasia as a first manifestation of neuroblastoma

Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2006 Jan;46(1):105-7. doi: 10.1002/pbc.20530.

Abstract

In this report we describe an unusual case of neuroblastoma that presented with an initial manifestation of protein losing enteropathy secondary to intestinal lymphangiectasia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Neoplasms / complications*
  • Abdominal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Lymphangiectasis, Intestinal / etiology*
  • Lymphangiectasis, Intestinal / pathology
  • Neuroblastoma / complications*
  • Neuroblastoma / pathology
  • Protein-Losing Enteropathies / etiology*
  • Protein-Losing Enteropathies / pathology