A Case of Chylothorax in a Hemodialysis Patient with Left Innominate Venous Stenosis

Chylothorax is defined as accumulation of chyle-containing lymphatic fluid within the pleural space. Chylothorax is very rarely seen in hemodialysis patients. We report a case of a patient on hemodialysis who developed chylothorax secondary to left innominate vein stenosis, with other features of ve...

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Autores principales: Limesh, M., Desai, A., Kedalaya, P. G., Renuka, S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5434695/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28553049
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-4065.202829
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author Limesh, M.
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description Chylothorax is defined as accumulation of chyle-containing lymphatic fluid within the pleural space. Chylothorax is very rarely seen in hemodialysis patients. We report a case of a patient on hemodialysis who developed chylothorax secondary to left innominate vein stenosis, with other features of venous hypertension such as arm edema successfully treated with angioplasty and pigtail drainage.
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spelling pubmed-54346952017-05-26 A Case of Chylothorax in a Hemodialysis Patient with Left Innominate Venous Stenosis Limesh, M. Desai, A. Kedalaya, P. G. Renuka, S. Indian J Nephrol Case Report Chylothorax is defined as accumulation of chyle-containing lymphatic fluid within the pleural space. Chylothorax is very rarely seen in hemodialysis patients. We report a case of a patient on hemodialysis who developed chylothorax secondary to left innominate vein stenosis, with other features of venous hypertension such as arm edema successfully treated with angioplasty and pigtail drainage. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5434695/ /pubmed/28553049 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-4065.202829 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Indian Journal of Nephrology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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