[Intestinal lymphangiectasia in exudative enteropathy (author's transl)].

Clinical symptoms and diagnostic procedures in a 12 1/2 years old girl with protein-losing enteropathy due to intestinal lymphangiectasia are reported. The child had suffered from intestinal protein loss, hypoproteinemia, hypocalcemia and lymphocytopenia. Dietary fat reduction and medium chain triglyceride formula diet made all the symptoms disappear.