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Chylothorax is an uncommon condition. It's characterized by the presence of chyle in the pleura. The most common causes are malignancy and trauma. When an underlying cause is excluded, the chylothorax is called idiopathic. We report a case of a 68 aged woman, admitted for abundant chylothorax. Thoraco-abdominal computed tomography. magnetic reso-nance imaging of the chest and thoracotomy showed no lesion of the lymphatic duct. Fibrothorax has developed after pleurodesis. Stable clinical and radiological condition was noticed during 3 years. We discuss the difficulty in the exclu-sion of a malignancy and the necessity of the follow up for these patients
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An acquired factor VII deficiency was identified in a 63-year-old man with bronchogenic carcinoma. Initial studies indicated a normal activated partial thromboplastin time and a prolonged prothrombin time. The factor VII level was 6%. No evidence of a factor VII inhibitor or inactivator was demonstrable. However, on account of the initial normal laboratory test of emostases, the partial correction of the prothrombin time with 50% normal plasma in vitro and the family history, the congenital deficiency in factor VII was ruled out. Whatever the mechanism involved, this factor VII deficiency was related to malignancy
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Humans , Male , Carcinoma, Bronchogenic/blood , Lung NeoplasmsABSTRACT
The paraneoplastic acanthosis nigricans occurs in association with visceral neoplasms. We report a case of acanthosis nigricans that seat at a dorsal face of the second, third and fourth right toe of a 63 year old patient. The exploration has been put in evidence a carcinoma of the right lung. The acanthosis nigricans has been nearly disappeared after resection of the pulmonary lobe. The relapses of the acanthosis nigricans in a same sit after five years has been reveal a carcinoma of the bladder. The resection of the bladder tumour has been followed by disappearance of the acanthosis nigricans