Table 1.

Summary of acute chylous peritonitis with small bowel volvulus reported in the literature with references and our two cases. All identified articles were case reports.

Refs.—Year of Publication	Gender	Age	Main Symptoms	Previous Surgical Interventions	Abnormal Lab Results	Diagnostic Modality	Management	Presence of Volvulus during the Surgery	Small Bowel Diverticula	Intestinal Resection	Drainage (Number)	Day of Discharge	Triglycerides (mg/dL)	Cytological Examination	Microbiological Examination	Histological Examination of Lymph Nodes
Gritsiuta, A.I. [1]—2022	M	44	epigastric pain	umbilical hernia repair		contrast CT	exploratory laparoscopy converted to open	no	no	no	no	1st POD	1451
Tewari, N. [10]—2012	M	38	abdominal pain with nausea and vomiting		WBC 20,100	contrast CT	exploratory laparotomy	no	no	no	yes	5th POD	NM
Hayama, T. [11]—2017	M	70	distension and abdominal pain		CPK 294	abdominal X-ray, contrast CT	exploratory laparotomy	yes	no	no	NM	10th POD	332
Koh, Y. [12]—2013	M	19	abdominal pain with vomiting		WBC 12,880	CT	exploratory laparotomy	yes	no	no	yes	NM	504	negative	negative	negative for malignacy
Leaning M [13]—2021	F	79	epigastric pain		WBC 13,400	CT	exploratory laparotomy	yes	no	no	NM	7th POD	770	negative	negative
Akama, Y. [14]—2016	M	85	distension and abdominal pain	subtotal gastrectomy with roux-en-y reconstruction for early gastric cancer	WBC 8700, CRP 16.2	contrast CT	exploratory laparotomy	yes	no	no	yes (2)	16th POD	642	negative	negative
Pai, A. [15]—2014	M	67	cramping abdominal pain and constipation	sigmoid colectomy for volvulus		contrast CT	exploratory laparoscopy converted to open	yes	no	no	no	3rd POD	NM		negative
Vishnoi, V. [16]—2018	M	80	abdominal pain with nausea and vomiting	laparoscopic bilateral inguinal hernia repair	WBC 18,100	abdominal X-ray, CT	exploratory laparotomy	yes	no	no	no	5th POD	NM	negative	negative	negative for malignacy
Pengelly, S. [17]—2012	F	85	cramping abdominal pain and vomiting	laparoscopic cholecystectomy		CT	exploratory laparotomy	yes	no	no	NM	4th POD	NM
Murugan, K. [18]—2008	M	44	cramping abdominal pain	partial esophago-gastric resection for boerhaave’s syndrome		abdominal X-ray, contrast CT	exploratory laparotomy	yes	no	no	NM	NM	NM
Crang, N. [19]—2022	M	80	abdominal pain with nausea	right inguinal hernia repair	WBC 10,240, LAC 4.5	CT	exploratory laparotomy	yes	no	no	yes	9th POD	NM	negative	negative
Hsu, C.H. [20]—2023	F	37	abdominal pain with nausea and vomiting	gastric clipping with proximal jejunal bypass		CT	exploratory laparoscopy	yes	no	no	NM	5th POD	726	negative	negative
Gupta, S. [21]—2023	M	32	abdominal pain with nausea and vomiting		WBC 13,800	CT	exploratory laparoscopy	yes	no	no	NM	2nd POD	360
Case 1—2020	M	41	left flank pain with nausea and costipation	mini gastric bypass		contrast CT	exploratory laparotomy	yes	no	no	yes (2)	6th POD	1724		negative	negative for malignacy
Case 2—2022	M	83	abdominal pain and costipation	lower limb melanoma excision	PLT 126,000, LDH 248, CPK 387	contrast CT	exploratory laparotomy	yes	yes	no	yes (2)	7th POD	2488		negative

WBC: white blood cells (mmc); CPK: creatine phosphokinase (U/L); LAC: lactate (mmol/L); CPR: c-reactive protein (mg/L); PLT: platelets (mmc); LDH: lactate dehydrogenase (U/L); CT: computed tomography; POD: postoperative day; NM: not mentioned.