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[Chylothorax in liver cirrhosis: a case report]
1Abteilung Innere Medizin-Pneumologie, Thoraxklinik der LVA Baden, Heidelberg.
Pneumologie (Stuttgart, Germany)
|March 1, 1990
Abstract:
In a patient with decompensated liver cirrhosis, ascites and hydrothorax on the right side, a chylous transformation of the peritoneal and pleural effusions was seen. This case prompts deliberations on the spontaneous chylothorax in a rather rare disease pattern, in respect of its connection with the abdomen and especially with the cirrhosis of the liver.