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E Tavani

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[Intestinal lymphangiectasis: late complication of transportation of the great vessels corrected by the Mustard technic. A clinical case].

The Great Arteries Transposition corrected by Mustard's repair is often complicated with inferior vena cava obstruction with consequent intestinal lymphangiectasia and protein-losing enteropathy. We report a case of a 9 years old boy who underwent Mustard's repair and presented diarrhoea, abdominal pain, hypoproteinemia and ascites. The fecal elimination of 51Cr-labeled albumin was remarkable increased and the intestinal biopsy showed a noteworthy lymphangiectasia due to an hemodynamic overload. Therefore subjects with Great Arteries Transposition corrected by Mustard's repair should be valued in the post-surgical follow-up by 51Cr-labeled albumin fecal elimination and by intestinal biopsy, already sensitive in asymptomatic phase.

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