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Development of chylous ascites in an infant with ventricular septal defect: a case report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2016

Yoshio Ootaki ,
George R. Verghese  and
Ross M. Ungerleider
Yoshio Ootaki*
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
George R. Verghese
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
Ross M. Ungerleider
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
*
Correspondence to: Y. Ootaki, Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, United States of America. Tel: 336 716 1380; Fax: 336 716 1295; E-mail: yotaki@wakehealth.edu
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Abstract

This case report describes chylous ascites associated with a CHD in a 4-month-old infant. Although atraumatic chylous ascites are a rare clinical finding, the recognition and treatment of chylous ascites influence the timing of cardiac surgery.

Keywords

CHDchildpaediatric
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 26 , Issue 6 , August 2016 , pp. 1225 - 1227
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© Cambridge University Press 2016 

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