Spontaneous bilateral chylothorax: uniform features of a rare condition.
A 67-yr-old woman was admitted with dyspnoea, chest and neck pain and swelling of both supraclavicular fossae and the neck. Chest X-ray showed bilateral pleural effusions. Thoracocentesis yielded a milky fluid with a high triglyceride level. Four previously published cases had similar clinical manifestations. The pathophysiology is discussed.
Garcia Restoy
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Servei de Medicine Interma, Hospital de Sant Llàtzer, Terrassa, Spain.
Bella Cueto
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Espejo Arenas
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Aloy Duch
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D000368:Aged; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000150:complications*; D002916:Chylothorax / Q000150:complications*; D002968:Clavicle; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009333:Neck; D010146:Pain / Q000150:complications; D013997:Time Factors