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Chylous pleural effusion associated with primary lymphedema and lymphangioma-like malformations
P Bresser1, J G Kromhout, J A Reekers
1Department of Pulmonology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Chest
|June 1, 1993
Abstract:
We describe a patient with a chylous pleural effusion associated with primary lymphedema of his right leg and abdominal wall. On evaluation a generalized, severe hypoplasia of the lymphatic system turned out to be associated with hyperplastic, lymphangioma-like malformations.