Recurrent chylothorax in a patient with non-Hodgkins lymphoma: case report.
Spontaneous chylothorax could arise as a complication of Iymphoma. There are no reports on the frequency of it's occurrence. It is associated with a high mortality rate. This is mainly due to severe nutritional deficiencies and wasting. This case describes a patient with non-Hodgkins Iymphoma who developed recurrent bilateral chylothorax requiring repeated pleural aspirations and eventually talc pleurodesis which failed.
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B J
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Department of Medicine, Weston General Hospital, Weston-Super-Mare, United Kingdom.
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D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000032:analysis; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D051925:CD79 Antigens; D002916:Chylothorax / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015260:Neprilysin / Q000032:analysis; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000209:etiology; D011947:Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell / Q000032:analysis; D012008:Recurrence; D014463:Ultrasonography
D015703:Antigens, CD; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D051925:CD79 Antigens; C497881:CD79A protein, human; D011947:Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell; D015260:Neprilysin