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A chylous mesenteric cyst and a study of its contents

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A case of a patient with a large chylous cyst in the mesentery of the small intestine is presented. After excision of the cyst, the chyle was analyzed with special reference to its protein and lipid content. The composition of the chyle compared with that of intestinal lymph of experimental animals suggests that the fluid in the cyst has undergone concentration in terms of protein.

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  1. D. A. Malatjalian MD

    Present address: Department of Pathology, Victoria General Hospital, and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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  1. Faculties of Medicine and Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

    K. M. W. Keough PhD,  M. Hawco BSc, D. A. Malatjalian MD, W. Snedden PhD & J. A. Barrowman FRCP(C)

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Keough, K.M.W., Hawco, M., Acharya, S. et al. A chylous mesenteric cyst and a study of its contents. Digest Dis Sci 24, 797–801 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01317214

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