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Bhardwaj, R., Vaziri, H., Gautam, A., Ballesteros, E., Karimeddini, D. and Wu, G.Y. (2018) Chylous Ascites: A Review of Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Treatment. Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology, 6, 105-113.
https://doi.org/10.14218/JCTH.2017.00035

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• TITLE: Chylous Ascites in a Patient with Hepatitis C-Related Cirrhosis: A Case Report and Literature Review

  AUTHORS: Nathan Zavataro Nigri

  KEYWORDS: Ascites, Hepatitis, Viral, Cirrhosis, Liver transplantation

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Gastroenterology, Vol.15 No.9, September 16, 2025

  ABSTRACT: Chylous ascites is an infrequent clinical entity, characterized by the presence of ascitic fluid with a milky appearance, containing triglyceride levels above 1000 mg/dL or 2 to 8 times higher than the plasma triglyceride value. This paper reports the clinical case of a 61-year-old female patient with cirrhosis of viral etiology (hepatitis C virus), with a history of worsening ascites and milky ascitic fluid on paracentesis.