Chylothorax due to leukemic infiltration in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Chylothorax is characterized by accumalation of milky fluid called chyle into the plural space. Most common causes of cyhlothorax are trauma or surgery of thoracic duct and malignancies. Among the malignancies lymphoma is responsible approximately 70% of cyhlothorax but other lymphocytic tumors incl...
Main Authors: | Hakan Tanrıverdi, Fırat Uygur, Osman Korcan Tilkan, Mertol Gökçe, Meltem Tor |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2015-01-01
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Series: | Respiratory Medicine Case Reports |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221300711530037X |
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