Hepatic Chylothorax: An Uncommon Pleural Effusion

• Hoofdauteurs: Aelia Akbar MD, MPH (Auteur), Tara Hendrickson MD (Auteur), Avinash Vangara MD (Auteur), Stanley Marlowe DO (Auteur), Akbar Hussain MD (Auteur), Subramanya Shyam Ganti MBBS, MD (Auteur)
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• Gepubliceerd in: SAGE Publishing, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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An 83-year-old male with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and liver cirrhosis presented with confusion and dyspnea. On chest X-ray, he had the right mid to lower lung zone white out. Ultrasound-guided thoracentesis drained 1.5 L of milky white pleural fluid which was transudative according to c...