ABSTRACT
Les auteurs; a partir d'un cas de lymphagiome kystique cervical; signalent l'apport de l'imagerie medicale; surtout de l'echographie et la tomodensitometrie; dans le diagnostic de cette affection rare
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Lymphangioma , Lymphangioma/diagnostic imaging , TomographyABSTRACT
Transients or persistent hepatodiaphragmic interposition of the colon or small intestine; so called chilaiditi's syndrome; is a frequent and general asymptomatic condition; known to all radiologists. All authors agree; the syndrome is commonest in elderly patient. The case reported here is that of 78-year-old man with a long history of abdominal pain; constipation; abdominal distension; loss of appetite; loss of weight and general weakness. Physical examination at admission revealed a cachetic man; dehydrated; with a soft; tympanic; distended abdomen. Routine chest and abdominal x-rays confirmed chilaiditi's syndrome