title: [Clinical case of the month. A recurrent chylothorax in Bourneville tuberous sclerosis].
abstract: Bourneville's disease, first described in 1862, is a phacomatosis that is either autosomal dominant or sporadic. Its typical clinical signs include mental retardation, epilepsy and cutaneous adenomas. The pulmonary form is rare, less than 1%, and is secondary to occlusion of the bronchus, vascular and lymphatics by immature smooth muscle cells. Chylothorax may appear in more than 50% of all cases. No guidelines currently exist for treatment of recurrent chylothorax. However, several possibilities are described in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pneumologie, Université de Liège.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bustin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gustin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Robin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cambier
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Warling
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Chantraine
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002916:Chylothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012008:Recurrence; D013907:Thoracostomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014402:Tuberous Sclerosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics