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Query: UMLS:C0018801 (
heart failure
)
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document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
Transudative chylothorax is an uncommon type of chylous pleural effusion, typically secondary to chyle leak and a coexisting disorder such as
heart failure
or liver cirrhosis.
Sclerosing mesenteritis
is a rare inflammatory disease of the small bowel mesentery, and has once previously been reported as a cause of chylothorax. We present the case of an 81-year-old man with a right-side transudative chylothorax associated with congestive heart failure and sclerosing mesenteritis. We discuss potential mechanisms.
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PMID:Transudative chylothorax associated with sclerosing mesenteritis. 2040 16
