Spontaneous bilateral chylothorax revealing diffuse tuberculosis, complicated by massive pulmonary embolism;Chylothorax spontane bilateral revelateur d'une tuberculose disseminee, compliquee d'une embolie pulmonaire massive

Revue des Maladies Respiratoires

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 836-838

  Deniel, F ^a,b   Rabbat, A ^a   Laaban, J P ^a  

^a Service de Pneumologie et Reanimation   (France)

^b NONE   (France)

Author keywords

ARDS; Chylothorax; Pulmonary embolism; Pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHYLOTHORAX; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIOGRAPHY; TIME;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; CHYLOTHORAX; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0033217423     PISSN: 07618425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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