Idiopathic chylous ascites treated with total parenteral nutrition and octreotide. A case report and review of the literature

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 961-963

  Yildirim, Abdullah Emre ^a   Altun, Reskan ^a   Can, Sevinç ^a   Öcal, Serkan ^a   Akbaş, Enver ^a   Korkmaz, Murat ^a   Selçuk, Haldun ^a   Yilmaz, Uǧur ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

chylous ascites; octreotide; total parenteral nutrition

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; FUROSEMIDE; GLUCOSE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MEDIUM CHAIN TRIACYLGLYCEROL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; OCTREOTIDE; PROTEIN; TACROLIMUS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGED; BILATERAL PRETIBIAL EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CHYLOUS ASCITES; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; EDEMA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; PARACENTESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

AGED; CHYLOUS ASCITES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FASTING; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; OCTREOTIDE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION, TOTAL; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 80052661700     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: 14735687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e328349aa2d     Document Type: Review

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