Nonspecific Infectious Bilateral Chylothorax and Cyhloabdomen with Symptoms of Acute Abdomen

• Main Authors: Fuat Sayir, Ufuk Cobanoglu, Abidin Sehitogullari
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: AVES 2011-12-01
• Series: Eurasian Journal of Medicine
• Subjects: Chylothorax; Chyloabdomen; Management
• Online Access: http://www.eajm.org/text.php3?id=417

Co-existence of chylothorax and chyloabdomen is a rare clinical entity. Apart from surgery and extra-surgical trauma, malignancies, liver cirrhosis, nephrotic syndrome, thrombosis in the superior vena cava and acute pancreatitis play roles in the etiology. The case presented in this article was a 35-year-old woman, and the chronic infectious pathology in the cytology, plus the other supportive nonspecific infection parameters prompted us in establishing this diagnosis. Obstruction in the abdominal lymphatics leads to chylous ascites and chylothorax develops in due course. Similar to our case, the clinical entities of chylothorax and chyloabdomen of nonspecific infectious origin may co-exist in the same patient.