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A member asked:
After donating left kidney my daughter has had two paracentesis for chylous ascites. it is extremely rare. is there anyone who has answers?
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Yes: Chyle is the lymph and fatty liquid from lymph channels and glands . Removal of a kidney may disrupt some of these channels. Most heal or are ligated at surgery. If one or more continue to leak the fluid into the peritoneal cavity of the abdomen- that is chylous ascites. In the chest it is chylothorax.
Answered 3/9/2013
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