Abstract
Chylous peritonitis is the acute accumulation of intestinal lymph (chyle) in the peritoneal cavity that presents with symptoms and signs of acute abdomen. Generally idiopathic, it represents a rare cause of acute surgical abdomen. The diagnosis is usually made at laparotomy, since there are no distinctive features to suspect this entity preoperatively.
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