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We present a case of a 33-year-old man with a background of HIV and Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), who presented with a right sided chylothorax. He was managed with percutaneous chest drainage and talc pleurodesis, in addition to his chemotherapy and antiretroviral therapy for KS and HIV, respectively. Good clinical control of the chylothorax remained 4 months post drainage. This case report summarises the approach to investigating and managing pleural effusion, and in particular chylothorax, in HIV patients.

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Chylothorax/diagnostic imaging , Chylothorax/therapy , Drainage/methods , Pleurodesis/methods , Sarcoma, Kaposi/complications , Adult , Aftercare , Chest Tubes , Chylothorax/etiology , Chylothorax/metabolism , Diagnosis, Differential , Diet Therapy/methods , HIV/growth & development , HIV Infections/complications , HIV Infections/virology , Humans , Male , Pleural Effusion/diagnostic imaging , Pleural Effusion/etiology , Pleural Effusion/metabolism , Pleural Effusion/therapy , Radiography, Thoracic , Sarcoma, Kaposi/virology , Senegal/ethnology , Skin Neoplasms/complications , Talc/administration & dosage , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Treatment Outcome

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