Incidental Chylous Ascites at the Time of Cesarean Section

Chylous ascites has multiple etiologies including malignancies, liver cirrhosis, intraperitoneal infections, and trauma. It is rarely reported in pregnancy. We report a case of chylous ascites noted at the time of cesarean section performed at 35 weeks of gestation on a patient with preeclampsia and...

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Autores principales: Thompson, Kida A., Al Khabbaz, Antoun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4485536/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26171264
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/530210
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description Chylous ascites has multiple etiologies including malignancies, liver cirrhosis, intraperitoneal infections, and trauma. It is rarely reported in pregnancy. We report a case of chylous ascites noted at the time of cesarean section performed at 35 weeks of gestation on a patient with preeclampsia and suspected placental abruption. The diagnosis and treatment of chylous ascites as well as the pregnancy outcome are presented. A literature review of chylous ascites in pregnancy is discussed as well.
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spelling pubmed-44855362015-07-13 Incidental Chylous Ascites at the Time of Cesarean Section Thompson, Kida A. Al Khabbaz, Antoun Case Rep Obstet Gynecol Case Report Chylous ascites has multiple etiologies including malignancies, liver cirrhosis, intraperitoneal infections, and trauma. It is rarely reported in pregnancy. We report a case of chylous ascites noted at the time of cesarean section performed at 35 weeks of gestation on a patient with preeclampsia and suspected placental abruption. The diagnosis and treatment of chylous ascites as well as the pregnancy outcome are presented. A literature review of chylous ascites in pregnancy is discussed as well. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-06-15 /pmc/articles/PMC4485536/ /pubmed/26171264 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/530210 Text en Copyright © 2015 K. A. Thompson and A. Al Khabbaz. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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