title: Chemotherapy treatment of chyloperitoneum and peritoneal carcinomatosis due to cervical cancer--review of literature.
abstract: We report a case of chyloperitoneum and peritoneal carcinomatosis 8 months after radiation therapy for cervical cancer and treatment with lowfat diet, diuretics, and systemic combination chemotherapy. The literature of chyloperitoneum complicating gynecological malignancies is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, 79430, USA. h9ykk@ttacs.ttu.edu
authors.forename: Y K
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Keung
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Whitehead
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cobos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary; D002915:Chylous Ascites / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004232:Diuretics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats; D004232:Diuretics