Primary idiopathic chylopericardium: report of two cases.
Primary chylopericardium is an extremely rare disease. This report presents two cases of this disease, in a 47-year-old man and 21 -year-old woman. Both cases were given diagnosis of primary chylopericardium by chylous pericardial fluid examination and lymphangio-scintigraphy which demonstrated abnormal communication between the left thoracic duct and the pericardial cavity.
Nanjo
Shuji
S
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohmori Hospital, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. maru@pd5.so-net.ne.jp
Yamazaki
Junichi
J
Tsubuku
Masahiko
M
Ohyama
Takeshi
T
Ohtsuka
Takayuki
T
Nakano
Hajime
H
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D061305:Lymphoscintigraphy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000379:methods*
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin; C057162:technetium Tc 99m DTPA HSA; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate