Midgut volvulus presenting with acute chylous peritonitis

KEY CLINICAL MESSAGE: Midgut volvulus can rarely present with acute chylous peritonitis. Common etiologies for chylous ascites need to be excluded before this diagnosis is made. Correction of the volvulus and peritoneal lavage suffice as treatment.

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Autores principales: Pai, Ajit, Park, John J, Marecik, Slawomir J, Prasad, Leela M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2014
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4184655/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25356277
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.88
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author Pai, Ajit
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spelling pubmed-41846552014-10-29 Midgut volvulus presenting with acute chylous peritonitis Pai, Ajit Park, John J Marecik, Slawomir J Prasad, Leela M Clin Case Rep Case Reports KEY CLINICAL MESSAGE: Midgut volvulus can rarely present with acute chylous peritonitis. Common etiologies for chylous ascites need to be excluded before this diagnosis is made. Correction of the volvulus and peritoneal lavage suffice as treatment. Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2014-08 2014-07-17 /pmc/articles/PMC4184655/ /pubmed/25356277 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.88 Text en © 2014 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Midgut volvulus presenting with acute chylous peritonitis
title Midgut volvulus presenting with acute chylous peritonitis
title_full Midgut volvulus presenting with acute chylous peritonitis
title_fullStr Midgut volvulus presenting with acute chylous peritonitis
title_full_unstemmed Midgut volvulus presenting with acute chylous peritonitis
title_short Midgut volvulus presenting with acute chylous peritonitis
title_sort midgut volvulus presenting with acute chylous peritonitis
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4184655/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25356277
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.88
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