title: Chylothorax in hairy cell leukemia.
abstract: A case of postoperative left chylothorax in a 43-year-old black woman with hairy cell leukemia is reported. First submitted to pleural drainage, she was successfully treated with a combination of chemotherapy and elemental enteral diet enriched with medium-chain triglycerides.
authors.affiliation: Nutrition Division and Pathology Post-graduation Course of Uberaba Medical School, MG, Brazil. dfcnutro@mednet.com.br
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: da Cunha
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: dos Santos
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: da Cunha
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Monteiro
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Moraes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002916:Chylothorax / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D004322:Drainage; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007943:Leukemia, Hairy Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications