title: Chylothorax: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Chylothorax is a rare entity with both traumatic and non-traumatic etiologies. Chyle depletion has significant nutritional, metabolic and immunologic consequences. We present a case of a patient with chylothorax who presented to the Emergency Department on numerous occasions with complications related to his chylothorax.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center-El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Brian F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Chinnock
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002916:Chylothorax / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000209:etiology; D012008:Recurrence