Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Chylous ascites associated with chylothorax; a rare sequela of penetrating abdominal trauma: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Case report Chylous ascites associated with chylothorax a rare sequela of penetrating abdominal trauma a case report Joseph M Plummer Michael E McFarlane and Arhcibald H McDonald Address Department of Surgery Radiology Anaesthesia and Intensive Care University of the West Indies Kingston 7 Jamaica Email Joseph M Plummer - joseph_plummer@ Michael E McFarlane - Arhcibald H McDonald - Corresponding author Published 25 November 2007 Received 13 June 2007 - . J . J Accepted 25 November 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2007 1 149 doi l 752-1947-1-149 This article is available from http content 1 1 149 2007 Plummer et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract_ We present the case of a patient with the rare combination of chylous ascites and chylothorax resulting from penetrating abdominal injury. This patient was successfully managed with total parenteral nutrition. This case report is used to highlight the clinical features and management options of this uncommon but challenging clinical problem. Introduction Although traumatic chylous ascites was first described in the 17th century by Morton 1 fewer than 100 cases have been reported in the world literature 2 . We recently managed a patient with chylous ascites resulting from penetrating trauma and who developed a right-sided chylous pleural effusion during the course of his treatment. This is the only case of combined chylous ascites and chylous pleural effusion resulting from penetrating trauma that we are aware
