This case report presents a young woman who underwent a Whipples resection for a large pan-creato-duodenal tumour. Pathology and immunohistochemical analysis of the tumour suggest duodenal fibrosarcoma. The patient's postoperative management was complicated by chylous ascites. A brief literature review is given to highlight this unusual case.

In I958, during breeding experiments in the Department of Genetics at Cambridge, a small -proportion of newbom offspring of backcross matings of the gene ragged (Ra, Slee, I957) developed a swollen belly. The affected animals appeared normal at birth but about 24 hours after they had begun to suckle their abdomens became swollen with an accumulation of milk-like fluid in the peritoneal cavity. ...

We present the first case report of chylous ascites following total robot-assisted donor nephrectomy. A 39-year-old female underwent a transperitoneal left-sided total robot-assisted donor nephrectomy. The procedure was uneventful and the patient was discharged without any symptoms. At postoperative Day 29, the patient presented with abdominal pain, nausea and a distended, painful abdomen with ...

Tolvaptan is a new drug used for treating ascites induced by liver cirrhosis, and it is covered by health insurance in Japan. In the present report, we describe the case of a 74-year-old man with type C liver cirrhosis and refractory ascites. He was receiving furosemide and spironolactone daily, but still required repeat puncture for ascites removal. Administration of tolvaptan (3.75 mg/day) wa...