Chylous ascites: Our experience from a resource-limited setting

INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: Chyle is a lipid-rich, milky-appearing fluid originating from lymph tissues. Chylous ascites is the collection of chyle in the peritoneal cavity and is a rare pathology. CASE PRESENTATION: In this case report we share our experience of successfully managing chylous ascit...

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Autores principales: Suleman, Mujaheed, Mohamedali, Abbas, Sadiq, Adnan, Tendai, Joylene, Lodhia, Jay
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9720556/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36463689
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.107828
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author Suleman, Mujaheed
Mohamedali, Abbas
Sadiq, Adnan
Tendai, Joylene
Lodhia, Jay
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description INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: Chyle is a lipid-rich, milky-appearing fluid originating from lymph tissues. Chylous ascites is the collection of chyle in the peritoneal cavity and is a rare pathology. CASE PRESENTATION: In this case report we share our experience of successfully managing chylous ascites conservatively from a resource-limited setting. CLINICAL DISCUSSION: There are numerous causes hence management includes treating the cause. Generally responds well to conservative management however some cases require surgical intervention. CONCLUSION: Ascitic tapping is an effective diagnostic and therapeutic tool is chylous ascites.
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spelling pubmed-97205562022-12-06 Chylous ascites: Our experience from a resource-limited setting Suleman, Mujaheed Mohamedali, Abbas Sadiq, Adnan Tendai, Joylene Lodhia, Jay Int J Surg Case Rep Case Report INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: Chyle is a lipid-rich, milky-appearing fluid originating from lymph tissues. Chylous ascites is the collection of chyle in the peritoneal cavity and is a rare pathology. CASE PRESENTATION: In this case report we share our experience of successfully managing chylous ascites conservatively from a resource-limited setting. CLINICAL DISCUSSION: There are numerous causes hence management includes treating the cause. Generally responds well to conservative management however some cases require surgical intervention. CONCLUSION: Ascitic tapping is an effective diagnostic and therapeutic tool is chylous ascites. Elsevier 2022-12-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9720556/ /pubmed/36463689 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.107828 Text en © 2022 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9720556/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36463689
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