%0 Journal Article
%A Campos Martín, C
%A Rabat Restrepo, JM
%A Sendón Pérez, A
%A Fernández-Argüelles García, A
%T Dietoterapia en paciente con linfangiectasia intestinal primaria y ascitis quilosa de repetición.
%T Sucessful dietetic-therapy in primary intestinal lymphangiectasia and recurrent chylous ascites: a case report
%D 2007
%@ 0212-1611
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10668/760
%X OBJECTIVESPrimary intestinal lymphangiectasia is a lymphatic system's disorder, where lymphatic drainage is blockaged. Clinically it produces malabsorption, protein-losing enteropathy, hypogammaglobulin in blood, and several degrees of malnutrition. Its treatment is not easy and includes dietetic-therapy and drugs.MATERIAL AND METHODA 35-year-old-woman case report is exposed. She has recurrent chylosa ascites, requiring several admissions and evacuatory paracentesis. After food-fat was replaced by medium-chain triacyl-glicerol-enriched diet, a clinical, analytical and anthropometric improvement was demonstrated.CONCLUSIONSThe major way of treatment in intestinal lymphangiectasia in this case is the employement of specific-diet and adaptaded-basic-food. It's difficult and high collaboration of the patient is required, being necessary medical revisions during the whole life, due to the not well known evolution of this long-standing disease.
%K Linfangiectasia
%K Dietoterapia
%K MCT
%K Ascitis quilosa
%K Lymphangiectasia
%K Diet-therapy
%K Chylosa Ascites
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