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Kenta Ito1,2, Yoshimasa Hachisu1, Mitsuhiko Shibasaki2
1Department of Respiratory Medicine, Maebashi Red Cross Hospital, 389-1, Asakura-Machi, Maebashi 371-0811, Japan.
Abstract:
A 71-year-old man visited our hospital with dyspnea and left pleural effusion. Left pleural effusion was diagnosed as chylothorax by thoracentesis. He had no history of trauma or surgery, and there were no findings of malignant lymphoma or thrombosis. Furthermore, he was diagnosed with liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma by computed tomography and hematological examinations, and the chylothorax was considered to be caused by liver cirrhosis. We report a review of the literature with this case since it is relatively rare for cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma diagnosed from chylothorax.
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