Affiliation
Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Dooradoyle, Limerick, Ireland, sygiin@hotmail.comIssue Date
2012-03MeSH
ChylothoraxHumans
Male
Microscopy
Middle Aged
Pleural Effusion
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Effusion under the microscope. 2012, 77 (1):32-4 Monaldi Arch Chest DisJournal
Monaldi archives for chest disease = Archivio Monaldi per le malattie del torace / Fondazione clinica del lavoro, IRCCS [and] Istituto di clinica tisiologica e malattie apparato respiratorio, Università di Napoli, Secondo ateneoPubMed ID
22662645Abstract
Pseudochylothorax is a very rare form of pleural effusion. It is also called chyliform or cholesterol pleural effusion. It is usually a unilateral process and approximately one-third of patients are asymptomatic at presentation. We report a case of a 60 year old man with a background of rheumatoid arthritis who presented with progressive dyspnea. Chest X-ray revealed a new left pleural effusion and a small persistent right pleural effusion. He presented 5 years prior due to recurrent pleural effusion and no diagnosis was made. Repeat thoracentesis yielded 350 milliliters of thick, milky, tan-colored fluid.Item Type
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