Quilotórax e Ascite Quilosa: a mesma etiologia para duas entidades diferentes

• Váldodahkkit: Ana Rafaela Araújo (Dahkki), Eduarda Seixas (Dahkki)
• Materiálatiipa: Girji
• Almmustuhtton: Sociedade Galega de Medicina Interna, 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Fáttát: article
• Liŋkkat: Connect to this object online.

Chylous pleural effusions result from disruption/obstruction of the thoracic duct1. Chylous ascites is due to an interruption in the lymphatic system2. Simultaneous accumulation of chyle in multiple cavities, in non-traumatic etiologies, is rare3. A 90-year-old man was admitted in the emergency depa...