Chylous ascites developing after open thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair in a patient with marfan syndrome
Rev. bras. cir. cardiovasc; 35 (4), 2020
Abstract Chylous ascites is the pathologic accumulation of chylous fluid in the peritoneal cavity, caused by lymphomas, metastatic malignancies, and abdominal surgeries, rarely due to surgical trauma of the cisterna chyli or its major branches. A 24-year-old man with history of Marfan syndrome presented ...