A Case of Transudative Chylothorax: A Diagnostic Dilemma

Chylothorax is a type of pleural effusion characterized by the presence of chyle in the pleural space with triglyceride levels >110 mg/dL or evidence of chylomicrons in pleural fluid. Chylous effusion is typically exudative in nature with lymphocytic predominance. Transudative chylothorax is a ra...

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Autores principales: Rajdev, Kartikeya, Avula, Akshay, Sharma, Dikshya, Mansour, Wissam, Agarwal, Shivika, Siddiqui, Abdul Hasan, Chalhoub, Michel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5922503/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29719749
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2247
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author Rajdev, Kartikeya
Avula, Akshay
Sharma, Dikshya
Mansour, Wissam
Agarwal, Shivika
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Chalhoub, Michel
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description Chylothorax is a type of pleural effusion characterized by the presence of chyle in the pleural space with triglyceride levels >110 mg/dL or evidence of chylomicrons in pleural fluid. Chylous effusion is typically exudative in nature with lymphocytic predominance. Transudative chylothorax is a rare finding which has been associated with only a limited range of clinical settings. We report a case of idiopathic transudative chylothorax for which the etiological cause could not be identified despite extensive workup and it resolved spontaneously after thoracentesis.
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spelling pubmed-59225032018-05-01 A Case of Transudative Chylothorax: A Diagnostic Dilemma Rajdev, Kartikeya Avula, Akshay Sharma, Dikshya Mansour, Wissam Agarwal, Shivika Siddiqui, Abdul Hasan Chalhoub, Michel Cureus Internal Medicine Chylothorax is a type of pleural effusion characterized by the presence of chyle in the pleural space with triglyceride levels >110 mg/dL or evidence of chylomicrons in pleural fluid. Chylous effusion is typically exudative in nature with lymphocytic predominance. Transudative chylothorax is a rare finding which has been associated with only a limited range of clinical settings. We report a case of idiopathic transudative chylothorax for which the etiological cause could not be identified despite extensive workup and it resolved spontaneously after thoracentesis. Cureus 2018-02-28 /pmc/articles/PMC5922503/ /pubmed/29719749 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2247 Text en Copyright © 2018, Rajdev et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 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 author and source are credited.
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Avula, Akshay
Sharma, Dikshya
Mansour, Wissam
Agarwal, Shivika
Siddiqui, Abdul Hasan
Chalhoub, Michel
A Case of Transudative Chylothorax: A Diagnostic Dilemma
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title_fullStr A Case of Transudative Chylothorax: A Diagnostic Dilemma
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title_sort case of transudative chylothorax: a diagnostic dilemma
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5922503/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29719749
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2247
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