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
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

rjz301

Informations de copyright

Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2019.

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Auteurs

Stacey L Chamberlain (SL)

General Surgery, Monash Health, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia.

Travis Ackermann (T)

Hepatobiliary and General Surgery, Monash Health, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia.

Yuen Chan (Y)

Pathology, Monash Health, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia.

Marjan Ghadiri (M)

Upper GI and General Surgery, Monash Health, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia.

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