title: Primary chylopericardium.
abstract: Primary chylopericardium is a rare entity. Here we describe a 36-year-old, asymptomatic male in whom pericardial effusion was detected by chest X-ray and echocardiography on routine health control. After pericardiocentesis that revealed the chylous nature of the fluid, partial pericardiectomy without duct ligation was carried out. In the follow-up period, there was no evidence of pericardial fluid on chest X-ray and echocardiography, at three months after the procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Gulhane Military Medical School, Etlik-Ankara, Turkey. myokusoglu@gata.edu.tr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yokusoglu
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Savasoz
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Baysan
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Erinc
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gunay
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Isik
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D010492:Pericardiectomy; D011859:Radiography