Chylous ascites after resection of giant adrenocortical carcinoma

Abstract

Postoperative chylous ascites (PCA) is a rare clinical state that occurs during abdominal surgery.Despite its rarity, the need to diagnose and treat PCA is increasing in importance with the increased number of wide resections and lymph node dissections being performed and the serious consequences of treatment. Here we describe the PCA complications we observed after resection for treating a case of giant adrenocortical carcinoma and we have the brief review of the PCA complication.