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East Afr Med J
; 81(4): 215-7, 2004 Apr.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15884290
ABSTRACT
Spontaneous chylothorax could arise as a complication of Iymphoma. There are no reports on the frequency of it's occurrence. It is associated with a high mortality rate. This is mainly due to severe nutritional deficiencies and wasting. This case describes a patient with non-Hodgkins Iymphoma who developed recurrent bilateral chylothorax requiring repeated pleural aspirations and eventually talc pleurodesis which failed.