When Appearance Is Everything: Chylous Ascites

The patient had numerous bouts of ascites, but this time, the fluid's color and composition heralded a new and ominous diagnosis. A 75-year-old woman with cirrhosis secondary to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis was admitted with abdominal pain. Her medical history also included coronary artery bypass grafting, congestive heart failure with a reduced ejection fraction of 40%, chronic kidney disease, stage III, type 2 diabetes, and obesity.
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Diagnostic Dilemma Source Type: research