%0 Journal Article %T Ascitis quilosa y trombosis de la vena porta en paciente con cirrosis hep¨¢tica criptog¨¦nica Ascites chylosus and thrombosis of portal vein in a patient with cryptogenic hepatic cirrhosis %A Yitzhak Vald¨¦s Espino %A Luis Senra Armas %A V¨ªctor Roca Campa£¿¨¢ %J Revista Cubana de Medicina %D 2011 %I ECIMED %X Se present¨® un paciente de 73 a os de edad, de raza blanca, con ascitis quilosa, acompa ada de insuficiencia hep¨¢tica e hipertensi¨®n portal. Se evidenci¨® la presencia de trombosis de la vena porta y varices esof¨¢gicas. Se notifica por lo infrecuente de la aparici¨®n de ascitis quilosa en pacientes con cirrosis hep¨¢tica y su posible asociaci¨®n con trombosis de la vena porta. This is the case of a white patient aged 73 presenting with chylosus ascites and liver failure and portal hypertension. It was evidenced la presence of thrombosis of portal vein and esophageal varices. It is noteworthy the non-frequent of chylosus ascites in patients presenting with liver cirrhosis and its possible association with a portal vein thrombosis. %K Ascitis quilosa %K trombosis de la vena porta %K cirrosis hep¨¢tica %K Chylosus ascites %K portal vein thrombosis %K liver cirrhosis %U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-75232011000400011