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Chylothorax complicating a thoracic aortic aneurysm
V Gil-Suay1, E Martínez-Moragón, A de Diego
1Service of Pneumology, La Fe University Hospital, Valencia, Spain.
The European Respiratory Journal
|March 1, 1997
Abstract:
Chylothorax is an uncommon condition, usually associated with advanced malignant disease or trauma to the thoracic duct. Idiopathic chylothorax and other diverse causes have been anecdotally reported. We describe a rare case of chylothorax, developing as a result of damage to the thoracic duct by a thoracic aortic aneurysm. Tetracycline pleurodesis was successful in controlling the chylous effusion.