Chylous ascites after resection of giant adrenocortical carcinoma.
Postoperative chylous ascites (PCA) is a rare clinical state that occurs during abdominal surgery. Despite its rarity, the need to diagnose and treat PCA is increasing in importance with the increased number of wide resections and lymph node dissections being performed and the serious consequences of treatment. Here we describe the PCA complications we observed after resection for treating a case of giant adrenocortical carcinoma and we have the brief review of the PCA complication.
General Surgery Department, Esenler Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Mani
M
Habibi
General Surgery Department, Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey.
Rojbin
R
Karakoyun
Radiology Department, Memorial Hospital, Antalya, Turkey.
Erkan
E
Demirci
Pathology Department, Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey.
Arsenal Sezgin
AS
Alikanoglu
Adrenal cortex neoplasms; chylous ascites; postoperative chylous ascites (PCA)