Bilateral Chylothorax as a Unique Presentation of Pancreaticobiliary or Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer

Chylothorax presents as exudate with lymphocytic predominance and high triglyceride-low LDH levels, usually due to a traumatic disruption of the thoracic duct, possibly iatrogenic. Other causes include malignancy, sarcoidosis, goiter, AIDS, or tuberculosis. Here we present a case of a 66-year-old ma...

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Main Authors: Nooraldin Merza, John Lung, Mazin Saadaldin, Tarek Naguib
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Pulmonology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9387021
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