Chylous ascites secondary to pancreatitis: Management of an uncommon entity using parenteral nutrition and octreotide

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2261-2264

  Al Ghamdi, Mohammed Y ^a,d   Bedi, Anil ^a,e   Reddy, S Bharati ^b   Tanton, Ronald T ^a   Peltekian, Kevork M ^a,c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c Hepatology Services   (Canada)

^d King Fahd Military Medical Complex   (Saudi Arabia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Alcohol; Chylous ascites; Octreotide; Parenteral nutrition

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; OCTREOTIDE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ALCOHOLIC PANCREATITIS; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHYLOUS ASCITES; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PARACENTESIS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE BLOOD LEVEL;

BIOPSY; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHYLOUS ASCITES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCTREOTIDE; PANCREATITIS, ACUTE NECROTIZING; PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

EID: 34547839681     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-9734-8     Document Type: Article

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