Refractory Chylous Ascites after Living Donor Liver Transplantation Treated with Direct Percutaneous Embolization of Inguinal Lymphatic System: A Case Report

Abstract

Infection, trauma, cancer, or abdominal surgery can all induce chylous ascites. Chylous ascites (CA) following liver transplantation is extremely rare. The case we present here is of a patient who developed chylous ascites after a liver transplant and was treated with a combination of modalities before being resolved by lipiodol embolization of a lymphatic leak identified on fluorescent lymphangiography.