[Chylous ascites: apropos of a case of endometrial adenocarcinoma associated with homologous carcinosarcoma of a fallopian tube].

A patient who was 61 years of age had obstruction of the thoracic duct by metastases from an adenocarcinoma of the endometrium together with a carcinosarcoma of the tube. She developed chylous ascite. The diagnostic approach and the treatment has been reviewed by the authors.