ABSTRACT
A case of a female patient admitted to the emergency department for the onset of acute abdominal pain and increased amylasemia, is discussed. In the suspicion of acute pancreatitis, abdominal spiral CT was performed. CT findings of acute pancreatitis were evaluated to confirm the diagnosis based on clinicolaboratory results, on staging to establish the prognosis and rule out complications.
Subject(s)
Pancreatitis/diagnostic imaging , Tomography, Spiral Computed , Acute Disease , Adult , Female , HumansABSTRACT
The case of a 26-year-old female patient with abdominal pain, nausea, hypoproteinemia, enteric loss of plasma proteins, lymphedema, severe steatorrhea and malabsorption, is presented. Enteroclysis and sonography were performed. Based on the case history and the characteristics of focal lesion and intestinal folds provided by the two radiologic examinations, a specific diagnosis of intestinal lymphangiectasia, confirmed at biopsy, could be established. Intestinal lymphagiectasia is a very uncommon condition characterized by dilated submucosal lymphatic channels.
