Spontaneous chylous peritonitis mimicking acute appendicitis: a case report and review of literature.
Acute abdominal pain with signs and symptoms of peritonitis due to sudden extravasation of chyle into the peritoneal cavity is a rare condition that is often mistaken for other disease processes. The diagnosis is rarely suspected preoperatively. We report a case of spontaneous chylous peritonitis that presented with typical symptoms of acute appendicitis such as intermittent fever and epigastric pain radiating to the lower right abdominal quadrant before admission.
Fang
Fu-Chi
FC
Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, 325 Section 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Neihu 114, Taipei, Taiwan, China.
Hsu
Sheng-Der
SD
Chen
Chuang-Wei
CW
Chen
Teng-Wei
TW
D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology; D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002915:Chylous Ascites / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male