Successful treatment of chylous ascites secondary to Mycobacterium avium complex in a patient with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome

Authors
Keaveny, AP Karasik, MS Farber, HW
Citation
Ap. Keaveny et al., Successful treatment of chylous ascites secondary to Mycobacterium avium complex in a patient with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome, AM J GASTRO, 94(6), 1999, pp. 1689-1690
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenerology and Hepatology
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
ISSN journal
00029270 → ACNP
Volume
94
Issue
6
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1689 - 1690
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9270(199906)94:6<1689:STOCAS>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Chylous ascites is a rare form of ascites, the presence of which generally denotes a very poor long term prognosis. We report the case of a patient wi th acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and massive chylous ascites s econdary to Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection, identified in the ascitic fluid by a DNA probe assay. With multidrug anti-MAC therapy the asc ites resolved completely, and the patient has survived for >21 months. Diag nosis and treatment of MAC-related chylous ascites are reviewed. (Am J Gast roenterol 1999;94:1689 - 1690. (C) 1999 by Am. Cell. of Gastroenterology).