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[Chylous ascites secondary to a carcinoid tumor]
L Aliaga1, F Herrera, C Sarmiento
1Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital de la Cruz Roja del INSALUD, Ceuta.
Anales De Medicina Interna (Madrid, Spain : 1984)
|August 1, 1990
Abstract:
A 68-year-old male with abdominal swelling and wasting of one month's evolution had chylous ascites. The clinical study of the patient showed a retroperitoneal tumor and a distal jejunum and mesenterium affliction. There were metastatic nodules in peritoneum, epiploic appendix and malignant pleural effusion. The histological study showed a carcinoid tumor. Chylous ascites is an exceptional complication, and a bad prognosis factor of carcinoid tumor.