RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Hennekam syndrome: an uncommon cause of chylous ascites and intestinal lymphangiectasia in the tropics JF BMJ Case Reports JO BMJ Case Reports FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd SP e229419 DO 10.1136/bcr-2019-229419 VO 12 IS 7 A1 Jagadeesh Menon A1 Vybhav Venkatesh A1 Balamurugan Thirunavukkarasu A1 Sadhna Bhasin Lal YR 2019 UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/12/7/e229419.abstract AB Paediatric chylous ascites in tropics is commonly caused by infections and trauma. We describe the clinical characteristics of an uncommon inherited cause of chylous ascites, Hennekam syndrome, treated by nutritional modification.