Primary intestinal lymphangiectasia

Primary intestinal lymphangiectasia (PIL) is a rare intestinal disease characterized by dilated intestinal lacteals which cause lymph leakage into the small bowel lumen. Clinical manifestations include edema related to hypoalbuminemia (protein-losing enteropathy), asthenia, diarrhea, lymphedema and failure to thrive in children.

Also known as: Waldmann disease, Waldmann's disease, familial Waldmann's disease (type), lymphangiectasia, intestinal, primary intestinal lymphangiectasis

1 clinical trial for this condition and its sub-types, 0 tagged with Primary intestinal lymphangiectasia itself.