Transudative chylothorax in a patient with lymphangioleiomyomatosis

Transudative chylothorax is a rare type of pleural effusion. It has been described to be present in the setting of liver cirrhosis, heart failure, amyloidosis, nephrotic syndrome, superior vena cava thrombosis, sclerosing mesenteritis and heart failure. We present the case of an 86-year-old woman wi...

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Autores principales: Noriega Aldave, Adrian Pedro, Leslie, John W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5643078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29062682
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.09.005
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description Transudative chylothorax is a rare type of pleural effusion. It has been described to be present in the setting of liver cirrhosis, heart failure, amyloidosis, nephrotic syndrome, superior vena cava thrombosis, sclerosing mesenteritis and heart failure. We present the case of an 86-year-old woman with a right-side transudative chylothorax associated with heart failure and lymphangioleiomyomatosis.
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spelling pubmed-56430782017-10-23 Transudative chylothorax in a patient with lymphangioleiomyomatosis Noriega Aldave, Adrian Pedro Leslie, John W. Respir Med Case Rep Case Report Transudative chylothorax is a rare type of pleural effusion. It has been described to be present in the setting of liver cirrhosis, heart failure, amyloidosis, nephrotic syndrome, superior vena cava thrombosis, sclerosing mesenteritis and heart failure. We present the case of an 86-year-old woman with a right-side transudative chylothorax associated with heart failure and lymphangioleiomyomatosis. Elsevier 2017-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC5643078/ /pubmed/29062682 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.09.005 Text en © 2017 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_fullStr Transudative chylothorax in a patient with lymphangioleiomyomatosis
title_full_unstemmed Transudative chylothorax in a patient with lymphangioleiomyomatosis
title_short Transudative chylothorax in a patient with lymphangioleiomyomatosis
title_sort transudative chylothorax in a patient with lymphangioleiomyomatosis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5643078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29062682
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