A gelatinous veil inside the abdomen of a pancreatic cancer patient. What lies beneath it?
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Maria Sotiropoulou; Charalampos Kaplanis; Nikolaos Drakos; Francesk Mulita; Nikolaos Benetatos; Ioannis Maroulis; Stylianos Germanos; Michail Vailas
- Source
- Clinical Case Reports
Clinical Case Reports, Vol 9, Iss 6, Pp n/a-n/a (2021)
- Subject
- Medicine (General)
medicine.medical_specialty
chylous
lymphangiogram
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
surgery
ascites
03 medical and health sciences
R5-920
lymphoscintigraphy
0302 clinical medicine
Clinical Images
Chylous ascites
Pancreatic cancer
Ascites
medicine
pancreas
Lymphangiogram
business.industry
Cisterna chyli
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Conservative treatment
medicine.anatomical_structure
Clinical Image
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Medicine
Abdomen
Radiology
medicine.symptom
Pancreas
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 2050-0904
Chylous ascites following pancreatic surgery results from surgical damage to the cisterna chyli or tributaries, with an incidence in pancreatic surgery of 1.8%‐11%. Usually, conservative treatment is effective.