Spontaneous chylothorax associated with primary lymphedema and a lymphangioma malformation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1480-1482

  Dagenais, Francois ^a   Ferraro, Pasquale ^a   Duranceau, Andre ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHYLOTHORAX; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; LEG MALFORMATION; LYMPHANGIOMA; LYMPHEDEMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHYLOTHORAX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; LYMPHANGIOMA; LYMPHEDEMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033064725     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00219-2     Document Type: Article

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