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Multimodality Diagnosis of Mesenteric Ischemia
Published on: July 21, 2023
Transudative chylothorax associated with sclerosing mesenteritis
Brenda L Rice1, James K Stoller, Gustavo A Heresi
1Department of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, A90, Respiratory Institute, The Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
Abstract:
Transudative chylothorax is an uncommon type of chylous pleural effusion, typically secondary to chyle leak and a coexisting disorder such as heart failure or liver cirrhosis. Sclerosing mesenteritis is a rare inflammatory disease of the small bowel mesentery, and has once previously been reported as a cause of chylothorax. We present the case of an 81-year-old man with a right-side transudative chylothorax associated with congestive heart failure and sclerosing mesenteritis. We discuss potential mechanisms.
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