Tuberculous chylous ascites: pathognomonic CT findings

A Anbarasu; A Upadhyay; S A Merchant; P Amonkar; H Devarbhavi; M Bhatnagar

doi:10.1007/s002619900138

Tuberculous chylous ascites: pathognomonic CT findings

Abdom Imaging. 1997 Jan-Feb;22(1):50-1. doi: 10.1007/s002619900138.

Authors

A Anbarasu¹, A Upadhyay, S A Merchant, P Amonkar, H Devarbhavi, M Bhatnagar

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology and Imaging, L.T.M. Medical College, Sion, Bombay 400 022, India.

PMID: 9000355
DOI: 10.1007/s002619900138

Abstract

The computed tomographic (CT) appearance of chylous ascites is usually that of water with corresponding attenuation coefficients. This case report depicts the fat-fluid level sign on CT (shown by supine and decubitus scans), which is pathognomonic of chylous ascites.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Chylous Ascites / diagnostic imaging*
Chylous Ascites / etiology
Humans
Male
Radiography, Abdominal
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / complications*
Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / diagnostic imaging