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Case Reports
. 2014 Dec;2(4):E262-4.
doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1377382. Epub 2014 Aug 1.

An unusual cause of ankle swelling

Rhys O Butcher  1 , Laura Kinsey  1 , Hui Y Lee  1 , Lucy Foster  1 , Stephen M McGrath  2 , Robert P Willert  1
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Case Reports

An unusual cause of ankle swelling

Rhys O Butcher et al. Endosc Int Open. 2014 Dec.
No abstract available

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Competing interests: None

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Edematous jejunal folds at double-balloon enteroscopy.
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Free lymph extruding from jejunal villi at double-balloon enteroscopy.
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Biopsy of the jejunal mucosa demonstrating jejunal villous with dilated lymphatics (magnification × 20).
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