Development of bilateral chylothorax in a younger female secondary to tuberculosis

Chylothorax is a rare clinical entity characterized by a milky white aspirate with increased triglyceride levels. The commonest etiology is malignancy and trauma, and bilateral chylothorax, secondary to tuberculosis, is an extremely rare cause, as observed in the present case.

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Autores principales: Kant, Surya, Verma, Sanjay Kumar, Anand, Sunish C., Prasad, Rajendra, Verma, Rajendra Kumar
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3099513/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21654988
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.76303
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author Kant, Surya
Verma, Sanjay Kumar
Anand, Sunish C.
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Verma, Rajendra Kumar
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spelling pubmed-30995132011-06-08 Development of bilateral chylothorax in a younger female secondary to tuberculosis Kant, Surya Verma, Sanjay Kumar Anand, Sunish C. Prasad, Rajendra Verma, Rajendra Kumar Lung India Case Report Chylothorax is a rare clinical entity characterized by a milky white aspirate with increased triglyceride levels. The commonest etiology is malignancy and trauma, and bilateral chylothorax, secondary to tuberculosis, is an extremely rare cause, as observed in the present case. Medknow Publications 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3099513/ /pubmed/21654988 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.76303 Text en © Lung India http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Kant, Surya
Verma, Sanjay Kumar
Anand, Sunish C.
Prasad, Rajendra
Verma, Rajendra Kumar
Development of bilateral chylothorax in a younger female secondary to tuberculosis
title Development of bilateral chylothorax in a younger female secondary to tuberculosis
title_full Development of bilateral chylothorax in a younger female secondary to tuberculosis
title_fullStr Development of bilateral chylothorax in a younger female secondary to tuberculosis
title_full_unstemmed Development of bilateral chylothorax in a younger female secondary to tuberculosis
title_short Development of bilateral chylothorax in a younger female secondary to tuberculosis
title_sort development of bilateral chylothorax in a younger female secondary to tuberculosis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3099513/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21654988
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.76303
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