title: Infertility and chylous ascites? A case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Chylous ascites is defined by an accumulation of chylous fluid in the peritoneal cavity and it clinically appears as a milky fluid in which laboratory examination reveals triglycerides, cholesterol, and sometimes chylomicrons and lymphocytes.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the first case of primary chylous ascites observed during laparoscopy for unexplained secondary infertility.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Chylous ascites has never been linked to fertility but bathes all internal reproductive organs surfaces and is considered a communication mean between ovaries.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Despite a lack of evidence, the question of peritoneal fluid role remains in infertility.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Pr Carbillon) and ART Centre, University Hospital Jean Verdier, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Avenue du 14 juillet, 93143 Bondy, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Frey
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Poncelet
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