Chylothorax due to leukemic infiltration in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. (2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tanrıverdi, Hakan; Uygur, Fırat; Tilkan, Osman Korcan; Gökçe, Mertol; Tor, Meltem
• Is Part Of: Respiratory medicine case reports. Volume 16(2015)
• Page Start: 131
• Page End: 133
• Publication Date: 2015
• Subjects: Chylothorax -- Pleural effusion -- Leukemia; Respiratory organs -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Chest -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Respiratory Tract Diseases -- Periodicals; Respiratory System -- Periodicals; Chest -- Diseases; Respiratory organs -- Diseases; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 616.2
• DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2015.09.006
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2213-0071

Abstract

Abstract: Chylothorax is characterized by accumalation of milky fluid called chyle into the plural space. Most common causes of cyhlothorax are trauma or surgery of thoracic duct and malignancies. Among the malignancies lymphoma is responsible approximately 70% of cyhlothorax but other lymphocytic tumors including chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is rarely reported. A 71 years old man with known CLL, presented with dispnea and pleural effusion and diagnosed cyhlothorax due to leukemic infiltration that confirmed by immuno flow cytometric analyse.