Effusion under the microscope.
dc.contributor.author | Chong, S G | |
dc.contributor.author | Chauhan, Z | |
dc.contributor.author | Di Nino, E | |
dc.contributor.author | Brien, A O | |
dc.contributor.author | Casserly, B P | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-08-01T09:42:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-08-01T09:42:18Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-03 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Effusion under the microscope. 2012, 77 (1):32-4 Monaldi Arch Chest Dis | en_GB |
dc.identifier.issn | 1122-0643 | |
dc.identifier.pmid | 22662645 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10147/236820 | |
dc.description.abstract | 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. | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.rights | Archived 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 ateneo | en_GB |
dc.subject.mesh | Chylothorax | |
dc.subject.mesh | Humans | |
dc.subject.mesh | Male | |
dc.subject.mesh | Microscopy | |
dc.subject.mesh | Middle Aged | |
dc.subject.mesh | Pleural Effusion | |
dc.title | Effusion under the microscope. | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.contributor.department | Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Dooradoyle, Limerick, Ireland, sygiin@hotmail.com | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | 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 ateneo | en_GB |
dc.description.province | Munster | en |
html.description.abstract | 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. |