2461 Atraumatic Chylous Ascites in a Cirrhotic Patient
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Atraumatic chylous ascites: systematic review on symptoms and causes.
Chylous ascites, or chylaskos, is a rare form of ascites characterized by a milky-appearing fluid containing high levels of triglycerides. Its incidence ranges from 1 in 20,000 to 1 in 187,000 admissions at large tertiary referral hospitals. Therapeutic interventions and trauma are well-known causes of chylous ascites. In a cohort of 1,103 patients undergoing abdominal surgery, the incidence of...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Gastroenterology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0002-9270,1572-0241
DOI: 10.14309/01.ajg.0000599376.17785.eb