title: Acute chylous ascites mimicking acute appendicitis in a patient with pancreatitis.
abstract: We report a case of acute chylous peritonitis mimicking acute appendicitis in a man with acute on chronic pancreatitis. Pancreatitis, both acute and chronic, causing the development of acute chylous ascites and peritonitis has rarely been reported in the English literature. This is the fourth published case of acute chylous ascites mimicking acute appendicitis in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, c/o St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia. emily.smith@svhm.org.au
authors.forename: Emily K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Edmund
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ek
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Croagh
authors.forename: Lavinia A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Spain
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Farrell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002915:Chylous Ascites / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005762:Gastroenterology / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications*; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000473:pathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome