primary intestinal lymphangiectasia (pil) is a rare disease of intestinal lymphatics presenting with hypoproteinemia, bilateral lower limb edema, ascites and protein-losing enteropathy. we report a case of pil in a 22 year old patient from tabriz, iran who presented with anasarca edema, recurrent diarrhea, hypoproteinemia and confirmatory features of pil on endoscopy and histopathology. therefo...

background lower gastrointestinal bleeding (lgib) in children has many different etiologies and is a serious problem that warrants careful diagnostic work-up. materials and methods 164 colonoscopies were done during one year for determining the etiologies of lgib in children who was referred to children's medical center hospital. analyses of results were based on age, sex, etiology and clinical...