| Title | Spontaneous chylous peritonitis mimicking acute appendicitis: a case report and review of literature. | | Author(s) | Fang FC, Hsu SD, Chen CW, Chen TW | | Institution | Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, 325 Section 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Neihu 114, Taipei, Taiwan, China. | | Source | World J Gastroenterol 2006 Jan 7; 12(1):154-6. | | MeSH | Abdomen, Acute
Acute Disease
Adult
Appendicitis
Chylous Ascites
Humans
Male
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
| | Abstract | Acute abdominal pain with signs and symptoms of peritonitis due to sudden extravasation of chyle into the peritoneal cavity is a rare condition that is often mistaken for other disease processes. The diagnosis is rarely suspected preoperatively. We report a case of spontaneous chylous peritonitis that presented with typical symptoms of acute appendicitis such as intermittent fever and epigastric pain radiating to the lower right abdominal quadrant before admission. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Case Reports
Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 16440438 |
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