TY  - JOUR
T1  - CHylous ascites and lymphedema
AU  - WARWICK WJ, HOLMAN RT, QUIE PG, GOOD RA
Y1  - 1959/09/01
N1  - 10.1001/archpedi.1959.02070020319005
JO  - A.M.A. Journal of Diseases of Children
SP  - 317
EP  - 329
VL  - 98
IS  - 3
N2  - 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
SN  - 0096-6916
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1959.02070020319005
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1959.02070020319005
ER  -