Authors: Elizabeth IoannidouPapagiannaki Michael D Diamantidis Ioannis Livanis Philippos Klonizakis Styliani HaralambidouVranitsa Efthymia Vlachaki Ioannis Venizelos Ioannis Klonizakis
Publish Date: 2008/08/05
Volume: 88, Issue: 4, Pages: 371-373
Abstract
Chylous ascites or chyloperitoneum is the extravasation of milky peritoneal fluid rich in triglycerides in the abdominal cavity because of lymphatic obstruction or trauma Cirrhosis malignancies and infectious agents are frequent etiologies whereas congenital inflammatory postoperative and traumatic causes have been described 1 The incidence of chylous ascites is between 1 in 50000 and 1 in 187000 hospital admissions Neoplasms are mainly responsible for chyloperitoneum with lymphomas predominating among malignant causes in young patients 2 We report a case of a young patient presenting with chylous ascites chylothorax pericarditis and venous thrombosis in several anatomic regions due to an aggressive T cell nonHodgkin lymphoma TNHL To the best of our knowledge this is the first case of such coexisting pathologic features revealing a TNHL
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