Chyloperitoneum Associated with Relapse of Nephrotic Syndrome

Chyloperitoneum associated with nephrotic syndrome is rare clinical entity and characterized by milky ascites. The modalities for detection of chyloperitoneum are laboratory investigations and radiological images. Lipoprotein electrophoresis is useful for confirmation of the diagnosis with chyloperi...

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Main Authors: Jui-Hsiang Lin, Wei-Jie Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Nephrology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/961816
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description Chyloperitoneum associated with nephrotic syndrome is rare clinical entity and characterized by milky ascites. The modalities for detection of chyloperitoneum are laboratory investigations and radiological images. Lipoprotein electrophoresis is useful for confirmation of the diagnosis with chyloperitoneum. Treating underlying disease is the most important in the management of these patients.
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spelling doaj-art-63fd4ae2dcbc4bcf8b3116e23dd63e322025-08-20T02:23:53ZengWileyCase Reports in Nephrology2090-66412090-665X2012-01-01201210.1155/2012/961816961816Chyloperitoneum Associated with Relapse of Nephrotic SyndromeJui-Hsiang Lin0Wei-Jie Wang1Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taoyuan General Hospital, 1492 Chung-Shan Road, Taoyuan City, Taoyuan County 33004, TaiwanDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taoyuan General Hospital, 1492 Chung-Shan Road, Taoyuan City, Taoyuan County 33004, TaiwanChyloperitoneum associated with nephrotic syndrome is rare clinical entity and characterized by milky ascites. The modalities for detection of chyloperitoneum are laboratory investigations and radiological images. Lipoprotein electrophoresis is useful for confirmation of the diagnosis with chyloperitoneum. Treating underlying disease is the most important in the management of these patients.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/961816
spellingShingle Jui-Hsiang Lin
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Chyloperitoneum Associated with Relapse of Nephrotic Syndrome
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title Chyloperitoneum Associated with Relapse of Nephrotic Syndrome
title_full Chyloperitoneum Associated with Relapse of Nephrotic Syndrome
title_fullStr Chyloperitoneum Associated with Relapse of Nephrotic Syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Chyloperitoneum Associated with Relapse of Nephrotic Syndrome
title_short Chyloperitoneum Associated with Relapse of Nephrotic Syndrome
title_sort chyloperitoneum associated with relapse of nephrotic syndrome
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