A Cause of Bilateral Chylothorax: A Case of Mesothelioma without Pleural Involvement during Initial Diagnosis
Joint Authors
Eren Karanis, Meryem İlkay
Düzgün, Nuri
Kurtipek, Ercan
Esme, Hıdır
Çaycı, Mustafa
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-09-16
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Chylothorax is characterized by fluid accumulation in the pleural cavity containing chylomicrons due to disruption of lymphatic drainage in the thoracic ductus and development of chylothorax.
A 60-year-old male patient presented to our clinic with shortness of breath and displayed bilateral pleural effusion and diffuse mediastinal lymph nodes in his computed chest tomography images.
There were no thickening and nodular formation on the pleural surfaces.
PET-CT showed no pathological FDG uptake.
Thoracentesis showed a chylous effusion.
Drainage reduced during monitoring could not be stopped; therefore, surgical intervention was considered.
The patient underwent right thoracotomy.
There were no pathological findings in the parietal and visceral pleura during the surgery.
Initially lymphoma was considered.
Perioperative samples were collected from the mediastinal lymph node.
The pathology analysis reported metastasis of malignant mesothelioma.
Evaluation of a repeated chest computed tomography showed nodular formations on the pleural surfaces.
Mediastinal lymph nodes compressed the ductus thoracicus, resulting with chylothorax.
The present case, with malignant mesothelioma, bilateral chylothorax, and mediastinal lymph node without any pleural involvement during initial diagnosis, is rare and will hence contribute to the literature.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Kurtipek, Ercan& Eren Karanis, Meryem İlkay& Düzgün, Nuri& Esme, Hıdır& Çaycı, Mustafa. 2015. A Cause of Bilateral Chylothorax: A Case of Mesothelioma without Pleural Involvement during Initial Diagnosis. Case Reports in Pulmonology،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1059896
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Kurtipek, Ercan…[et al.]. A Cause of Bilateral Chylothorax: A Case of Mesothelioma without Pleural Involvement during Initial Diagnosis. Case Reports in Pulmonology No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1059896
American Medical Association (AMA)
Kurtipek, Ercan& Eren Karanis, Meryem İlkay& Düzgün, Nuri& Esme, Hıdır& Çaycı, Mustafa. A Cause of Bilateral Chylothorax: A Case of Mesothelioma without Pleural Involvement during Initial Diagnosis. Case Reports in Pulmonology. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1059896
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1059896