Chylous ascites and pleural effusion secondary to constrictive pericarditis presenting with signs of lymphatic obstruction

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 535-540

  Amasyali, Basri ^a   Heper, Gulumser ^b   Akkoc, Ozkan ^b   Yuksel, U Cagdas ^a   Kilic, Ayhan ^a   Isik, Ersoy ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Social Security Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chylous ascites; Constrictive pericarditis; Lymphatic obstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHYLOUS ASCITES; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHANGIOGRAPHY; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; OBSTRUCTION; PERICARDIECTOMY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; MIDDLE AGED;

CHYLOUS ASCITES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIECTOMY; PERICARDITIS, CONSTRICTIVE; PLEURAL EFFUSION;

EID: 3442889659     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: 1348673X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/jhj.45.535     Document Type: Article

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