A gelatinous veil inside the abdomen of a pancreatic cancer patient. What lies beneath it?
Michail G VailasNikolaos BenetatosIoannis MaroulisCharalampos KaplanisNikolaos DrakosFrancesk MulitaMaria SotiropoulouStylianos GermanosPublished in: Clinical case reports (2021)
Chylous ascites following pancreatic surgery results from surgical damage to the cisterna chyli or tributaries, with an incidence in pancreatic surgery of 1.8%-11%. Usually, conservative treatment is effective.