White mesentery and chylous ascites: an interesting presentation of mesenteric lymphangioma.
Journal
Journal of surgical case reports
ISSN: 2042-8812
Titre abrégé: J Surg Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101560169
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2019
Nov 2019
Historique:
received:
12
08
2019
revised:
28
07
2019
accepted:
22
09
2019
entrez:
5
12
2019
pubmed:
5
12
2019
medline:
5
12
2019
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
We present an interesting and unusual case of a 57-year-old woman presenting with symptoms concerning for a bowel obstruction, and diagnostic imaging concerning for an internal hernia. The patient underwent an emergency laparotomy and was found to have chylous ascites throughout the abdomen, and the extravasation of chyle into the mesentery giving an appearance of a white mesentery. During this case, we will present all of the findings and discuss the unusual underlying pathology.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31798825
doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjz301
pii: rjz301
pmc: PMC6882268
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
rjz301Informations de copyright
Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2019.
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