[Chylous ascites: report of a case and review of the literature].

A patient presenting chylous ascitis due to an epithelial originated malignancy is reported. The primary focus of the malignancy could not be precise in spite of all diagnoses procedures available including explorer laparatomy. As this is a very unusual occurrence in the clinical practice, a review of reported literature has been made on ethological, physiopathological and therapeutical aspects.