Chyloperitoneum: CT diagnosis.
We describe a patient with ovarian cancer in whom computed tomography revealed a fat-fluid level within ascites, indicating chyloperitoneum. The significance of this finding is discussed, and a mechanism underlying the unusual radiological appearance is suggested.
Wachsberg
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Department of Radiology, University Hospital and University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey Medical School, Newark 07103.
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KC
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D001201:Ascites / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002915:Chylous Ascites / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed