Open AccessAcute chylous ascites mimicking acute appendicitis in a patient with pancreatitis
Author(s) -
Emilie Phillips Smith,
Edmund W. Ek,
Daniel Croagh,
Lavinia Spain,
Stephen Farrell
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.15.4849
Subject(s) - medicine , chylous ascites , acute pancreatitis , acute appendicitis , ascites , pancreatitis , appendicitis , general surgery , peritonitis , ascitic fluid , gastroenterology
We report a case of acute chylous peritonitis mimicking acute appendicitis in a man with acute on chronic pancreatitis. Pancreatitis, both acute and chronic, causing the development of acute chylous ascites and peritonitis has rarely been reported in the English literature. This is the fourth published case of acute chylous ascites mimicking acute appendicitis in the literature.