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  • Title: Transient chylous ascites following a distal splenorenal shunt.
    Author: Edoute Y, Nagachandran P, Assalia A, Ben-Ami H.
    Journal: Hepatogastroenterology; 2000; 47(32):531-2. PubMed ID: 10791230.
    Abstract:
    The development of chylous ascites following abdominal surgery is an infrequent yet alarming complication. We present a patient in whom chylous ascites was diagnosed 6 days after a distal splenorenal shunt. Ten days following bed rest, sodium restriction, and a low-fat diet with medium-chain triglyceride supplementation the ascites resolved.
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