Chylous Ascites Secondary to Giant Liver Hemangioma

Chylous ascites is rare in clinical practice. It is characterized by milky-appearing peritoneal fluid with a triglycerides concentration of >1.25 mmol/l (110 mg/dl). Its pathophysiology is related to a disruption in the normal lymphatic flow. It is more common after trauma (including post surgery...

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Autores principales: Lazarus, Darius L., Al-Busafi, Said A., Hilzenrat, Nir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2012
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Published online: July, 2012
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3409508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22855664
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000341514
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description Chylous ascites is rare in clinical practice. It is characterized by milky-appearing peritoneal fluid with a triglycerides concentration of >1.25 mmol/l (110 mg/dl). Its pathophysiology is related to a disruption in the normal lymphatic flow. It is more common after trauma (including post surgery), neoplasia or atypical infections such as tuberculosis or filariasis. Other rare medical causes have been reported. The treatment is supportive and focused on correction of the underlying pathology. We report here the first case of chylous ascites caused by giant liver hemangioma and discuss the management of this condition.
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spelling pubmed-34095082012-08-01 Chylous Ascites Secondary to Giant Liver Hemangioma Lazarus, Darius L. Al-Busafi, Said A. Hilzenrat, Nir Case Rep Gastroenterol Published online: July, 2012 Chylous ascites is rare in clinical practice. It is characterized by milky-appearing peritoneal fluid with a triglycerides concentration of >1.25 mmol/l (110 mg/dl). Its pathophysiology is related to a disruption in the normal lymphatic flow. It is more common after trauma (including post surgery), neoplasia or atypical infections such as tuberculosis or filariasis. Other rare medical causes have been reported. The treatment is supportive and focused on correction of the underlying pathology. We report here the first case of chylous ascites caused by giant liver hemangioma and discuss the management of this condition. S. Karger AG 2012-07-19 /pmc/articles/PMC3409508/ /pubmed/22855664 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000341514 Text en Copyright © 2012 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No-Derivative-Works License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Users may download, print and share this work on the Internet for noncommercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited, and a link to the original work on http://www.karger.com and the terms of this license are included in any shared versions.
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title_short Chylous Ascites Secondary to Giant Liver Hemangioma
title_sort chylous ascites secondary to giant liver hemangioma
topic Published online: July, 2012
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3409508/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000341514
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