Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 39, Issue 12 , Pages 1806-1807, December 2004

Resolution of refractory chylous ascites after Kasai portoenterostomy using octreotide

Presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Association of Pediatric Surgeons, Seoul, Korea, May 16–20, 2004.

  • Jin-Bok Hwang

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Pediatric Sugery and Pediatrics, Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center, Daegu, South Korea
    • ,
  • Soon-Ok Choi

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Pediatric Sugery and Pediatrics, Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center, Daegu, South Korea
    • ,
  • Woo-Hyun Park

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Pediatric Sugery and Pediatrics, Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center, Daegu, South Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Woo-Hyun Park, MD, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University School of Medicine, 194 Dongsan-dong, Daegu, 700-712, Republic of Korea South Korea

Abstract 

Chylous ascites is a rare disorder with variables causes. Herein, the authors report a case of refractory chylous ascites after Kasai operation for biliary atresia, which was treated successfully with subcutaneous octreotide, a synthetic somatostatin analogue. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first report in the English-language literature of post-Kasai chylous ascites being successfully treated with subcutaneous octreotide in parallel with the continuation of enteral feeding.

Keywords:  Chylous ascites, biliary atresia, octreotide, infant

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PII: S0022-3468(04)00554-8

doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2004.08.009

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 39, Issue 12 , Pages 1806-1807, December 2004

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