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Idiopathic chylothorax and chylopericardium resistant to conservative and surgical management.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18296116     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Simultaneous idiopathic collection of chyle in the pericardial and pleural cavities is a rare phenomenon and to our knowledge it has been reported twice before [Torrington KG, Youkey JR. Simultaneous Idiopathic chylothorax and chylopericardium. South Med J 1981;74(March(3)):357-9; Kozielski J, Chylopericardium and chylothorax of unknown etiology. 1996]. There have been very few reported cases of chylopericardium presenting cardiac tamponade [Mehrotra S, Peeran NA, Bandyopadhyay A. Tex Heart Inst J 2006;33(2):249-53]. We report two cases of idiopathic pericardial and pleural effusions presenting cardiac tamponade resistant to conservative and surgical management.
Authors:
Mushahid Raza; Kevin Matar
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article     Date:  2008-03-04
Journal Detail:
Title:  Heart, lung & circulation     Volume:  18     ISSN:  1444-2892     ISO Abbreviation:  Heart Lung Circ     Publication Date:  2009 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-05-08     Completed Date:  2009-07-29     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100963739     Medline TA:  Heart Lung Circ     Country:  Australia    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  229-32     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Prince Charles Hospital, Australia. mushahid.raza@gmail.com
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Cardiac Tamponade / etiology
Chylothorax / complications,  surgery*
Drainage*
Female
Humans
Pericardial Effusion / complications,  surgery*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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