Bilateral Chylothorax as a Unique Presentation of Pancreaticobiliary or Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer

Chylothorax presents as exudate with lymphocytic predominance and high triglyceride-low LDH levels, usually due to a traumatic disruption of the thoracic duct, possibly iatrogenic. Other causes include malignancy, sarcoidosis, goiter, AIDS, or tuberculosis. Here we present a case of a 66-year-old ma...

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Autores principales: Merza, Nooraldin, Lung, John, Saadaldin, Mazin, Naguib, Tarek
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6633922/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31355038
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9387021

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6633922/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31355038
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9387021

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