Isolated chylopericardium due to lymphangiomatous dysplasia of the thymus.
In this paper we present the case of an 18-year old asymptomatic woman whose routine chest radiograph revealed an enlarged cardiac silhouette which was caused by a chylopericardium due to a lymphangioma of the thymus.
D000293:Adolescent; D002913:Chyle; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging