Carcinoid and chylous ascites: an unusual association.
Chylous ascites caused by carcinoid tumors is extremely rare. While carcinoid tumors usually have an indolent course, their association with chylous ascites is a harbinger of a poor outcome.
Kypson
Alan P
AP
Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
Onaitis
Mark W
MW
Feldman
Jerome M
JM
Tyler
Douglas S
DS
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D002915:Chylous Ascites / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid / Q000652:urine; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate
D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid