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dc.contributor.authorChong, S G
dc.contributor.authorChauhan, Z
dc.contributor.authorDi Nino, E
dc.contributor.authorBrien, A O
dc.contributor.authorCasserly, B P
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-01T09:42:18Z
dc.date.available2012-08-01T09:42:18Z
dc.date.issued2012-03
dc.identifier.citationEffusion under the microscope. 2012, 77 (1):32-4 Monaldi Arch Chest Disen_GB
dc.identifier.issn1122-0643
dc.identifier.pmid22662645
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10147/236820
dc.description.abstractPseudochylothorax 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.
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dc.rightsArchived with thanks to 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 ateneoen_GB
dc.subject.meshChylothorax
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshMale
dc.subject.meshMicroscopy
dc.subject.meshMiddle Aged
dc.subject.meshPleural Effusion
dc.titleEffusion under the microscope.en_GB
dc.typeArticleen
dc.contributor.departmentMid-Western Regional Hospital, Dooradoyle, Limerick, Ireland, sygiin@hotmail.comen_GB
dc.identifier.journalMonaldi 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 ateneoen_GB
dc.description.provinceMunsteren
html.description.abstractPseudochylothorax 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.


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