Chylous ascites as a rare complication of abdominal trauma in a 7-year-old girl: A case report.
Anahita JafariHamid ReihaniFereshteh KarbasianBehnaz DarbanSeyed Mohsen DehghaniPublished in: Clinical case reports (2023)
Chylous ascites (CA) is a rare type of ascites. Though it has high mortality and morbidity rates, which usually happen due to the rupture of lymph vessels into the peritoneal cavity. Congenital abnormalities, including lymphatic hypoplasia or dysplasia, are the most causes in pediatrics. CA following trauma in children is very rare, and to the best of our knowledge, there are very few reports in this regard. Here, we report a 7-year-old girl who was referred to our center with CA after a car accident.