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A1 WARWICK WJ, HOLMAN RT, QUIE PG, GOOD RA
T1 CHylous ascites and lymphedema
JF A.M.A. Journal of Diseases of Children
JO A.M.A. Journal of Diseases of Children
YR 1959
FD September 1
VO 98
IS 3
SP 317
OP 329
DO 10.1001/archpedi.1959.02070020319005
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1959.02070020319005
AB Acute chylous ascites with elephantiasis (lymphedema) is rare. This is the fifth case of this congenital syndrome to be recorded. There have been no reported cases of concurrent lymphedema and chylous ascites developing in older patients.Report of Case 
    The patient was born to normal, healthy parents on March 28, 1952, after an uneventful pregnancy and spontaneous delivery. Birth weight was 8 lb. 4 oz. At the time of delivery, she had swelling of her entire left leg and right arm and a hemangioma lateral to her right eye. She was jaundiced for four days after birth. There was no family history of ascites, lymphedema, or hemangiomas. Two children born later have been completely normal.Abdominal distention developed slowly and was not marked at her first hospitalization, when she was 5 months old. At that time, however, she had edema of the face, the right arm and hand, the left