Resumen

VALDES ESPINO, Yitzhak; SENRA ARMAS, Luis  y  ROCA CAMPANA, Víctor. Ascites chylosus and thrombosis of portal vein in a patient with cryptogenic hepatic cirrhosis. Rev cubana med [online]. 2011, vol.50, n.4, pp. 453-457. ISSN 0034-7523.

This is the case of a white patient aged 73 presenting with chylosus ascites and liver failure and portal hypertension. It was evidenced la presence of thrombosis of portal vein and esophageal varices. It is noteworthy the non-frequent of chylosus ascites in patients presenting with liver cirrhosis and its possible association with a portal vein thrombosis.

Palabras clave : Chylosus ascites; portal vein thrombosis; liver cirrhosis.

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