title: Cirrhosis related chylous ascites successfully treated with TIPS.
abstract: We describe a patient with chylous ascites, who was extensively investigated for the cause. No malignant or lymphatic disease could be found, but a liver biopsy revealed liver cirrhosis. The chylous ascites was unsuccessfully treated with a sodium restriction diet, diuretics and a medium chain triglyceride diet. After the placement of a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt the ascites disappeared.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: de Vries
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Bièvre
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Driessen
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Stockbrugger
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Koek
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002915:Chylous Ascites / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D019168:Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D014280:Triglycerides