Cusack, Ruth Patricia and McCarthy, Jane and O'Connor, Terence Markham (2016) Bilateral Chylothorax Secondary to Retrosternal Goitre: a Case Report and Review of the Literature. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 3 (3). pp. 1-3. ISSN 2284-2594
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Abstract
Chylothorax is characterized by an accumulation of lymphatic fluid in the pleural cavity due to damage to the thoracic duct. The aetiology can be traumatic or non-traumatic. Goitre is a rare cause of chylothorax with only eight cases previously described in the literature including only one case causing a bilateral chylothorax. This report describes a patient with bilateral chylothorax secondary to substernal goitre, which was successfully treated, and discusses this very rare case in light of the available literature.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Pleural effusion; chylothorax; goitre |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) > 616.4 Malattie del sistema emopoietico, linfatico, ghiandolare; Malattie del sistema endocrino |
| Depositing User: | Chiara D'Arpa |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Sep 2016 15:52 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Sep 2016 15:52 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/15145 |
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