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Postoperative chylous ascites in a neonate treated successfully with octreotide: bile sludge and cholestasis.

Andreou A, Papouli M, Papavasiliou V, Badouraki M

Department of Neonatology, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.

We report a case of postoperative chylous ascites after surgical repair of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) in a full-term neonate. Treatment with subcutaneously administered octreotide resulted in rapid resolution of chylous effusion. Octreotide treatment had transient side effects, with bile sludge and cholestasis.

Published 11 November 2005 in Am J Perinatol, 22(8): 401-4.
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