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Nontraumatic chylothorax secondary to lymphoma and filariasis

Chylothorax is characterized by extravasation of chyle into the pleural space resulting from thoracic duct damage. The effusion is most commonly unilateral, with the right and left side being affected in 50% and 33.3% of the patients, respectively. Only 16.66% of cases present a bilateral effusion....

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Autores principales: Barillas, Sabrina, Rodas, Alejandra, Ardebol, Javier, Martí, Juan Luis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7502309/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32983405
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjaa309

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