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Chylous ascites following radical nephrectomy: a case report
INTRODUCTION: Chylous ascites may result from diverse pathologies. Ascites results either due to blockage of the lymphatics or leak secondary to inadvertent trauma during surgery. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the first case of chylous ascites following radical nephrectomy for a renal cell carcinoma...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2253551/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18190695 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-3 |
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author | Shah, Shahzad S Ahmed, Kamran Smith, Richard Mallina, Ravi Akhbari, Pouya Khan, Mohammad S |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Chylous ascites may result from diverse pathologies. Ascites results either due to blockage of the lymphatics or leak secondary to inadvertent trauma during surgery. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the first case of chylous ascites following radical nephrectomy for a renal cell carcinoma involving the right half of a crossed fused renal ectopia. The patient was managed conservatively. CONCLUSION: Post-operative chylous ascites is a rare complication of retroperitoneal and mediastinal surgery. Most cases resolve with conservative treatment which aims at decreasing lymph production and optimizing nutritional requirements along with palliative measures. Refractory cases need either open or laparoscopic ligation of the leaking lymphatic channels. A review of the current literature on the management of post-operative chylous ascites is presented. |
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spelling | pubmed-22535512008-02-23 Chylous ascites following radical nephrectomy: a case report Shah, Shahzad S Ahmed, Kamran Smith, Richard Mallina, Ravi Akhbari, Pouya Khan, Mohammad S J Med Case Reports Case Report INTRODUCTION: Chylous ascites may result from diverse pathologies. Ascites results either due to blockage of the lymphatics or leak secondary to inadvertent trauma during surgery. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the first case of chylous ascites following radical nephrectomy for a renal cell carcinoma involving the right half of a crossed fused renal ectopia. The patient was managed conservatively. CONCLUSION: Post-operative chylous ascites is a rare complication of retroperitoneal and mediastinal surgery. Most cases resolve with conservative treatment which aims at decreasing lymph production and optimizing nutritional requirements along with palliative measures. Refractory cases need either open or laparoscopic ligation of the leaking lymphatic channels. A review of the current literature on the management of post-operative chylous ascites is presented. BioMed Central 2008-01-11 /pmc/articles/PMC2253551/ /pubmed/18190695 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-3 Text en Copyright © 2008 Shah et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Shah, Shahzad S Ahmed, Kamran Smith, Richard Mallina, Ravi Akhbari, Pouya Khan, Mohammad S Chylous ascites following radical nephrectomy: a case report |
title | Chylous ascites following radical nephrectomy: a case report |
title_full | Chylous ascites following radical nephrectomy: a case report |
title_fullStr | Chylous ascites following radical nephrectomy: a case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Chylous ascites following radical nephrectomy: a case report |
title_short | Chylous ascites following radical nephrectomy: a case report |
title_sort | chylous ascites following radical nephrectomy: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2253551/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18190695 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-3 |
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