Pleural effusion in Klippel–Trenaunay syndrome: an uncommon manifestation

Klippel–Trenaunay syndrome is characterized by a combination of vascular abnormalities and limb hypertrophy. Pleural effusion as a manifestation of this syndrome is almost never mentioned in the literature. We present a case of persistent bilateral pleural effusion in a patient with Klippel–Trenauna...

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Autores principales: Levy Faber, Dan, Galili, Ronen, Sharoni, Erez
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8972259/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34871406
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivab346
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description Klippel–Trenaunay syndrome is characterized by a combination of vascular abnormalities and limb hypertrophy. Pleural effusion as a manifestation of this syndrome is almost never mentioned in the literature. We present a case of persistent bilateral pleural effusion in a patient with Klippel–Trenaunay syndrome and share our experiences treating this scenario.
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spelling pubmed-89722592022-04-01 Pleural effusion in Klippel–Trenaunay syndrome: an uncommon manifestation Levy Faber, Dan Galili, Ronen Sharoni, Erez Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg Case Reports Klippel–Trenaunay syndrome is characterized by a combination of vascular abnormalities and limb hypertrophy. Pleural effusion as a manifestation of this syndrome is almost never mentioned in the literature. We present a case of persistent bilateral pleural effusion in a patient with Klippel–Trenaunay syndrome and share our experiences treating this scenario. Oxford University Press 2021-12-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8972259/ /pubmed/34871406 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivab346 Text en © The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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Pleural effusion in Klippel–Trenaunay syndrome: an uncommon manifestation
title Pleural effusion in Klippel–Trenaunay syndrome: an uncommon manifestation
title_full Pleural effusion in Klippel–Trenaunay syndrome: an uncommon manifestation
title_fullStr Pleural effusion in Klippel–Trenaunay syndrome: an uncommon manifestation
title_full_unstemmed Pleural effusion in Klippel–Trenaunay syndrome: an uncommon manifestation
title_short Pleural effusion in Klippel–Trenaunay syndrome: an uncommon manifestation
title_sort pleural effusion in klippel–trenaunay syndrome: an uncommon manifestation
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8972259/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34871406
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivab346
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