Chylothorax and chylopericardium as the initial clinical manifestation of Behcet's disease

Rheumatology International

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 375-377

  Moon, H ^a   Lee, Y J ^a   Lee, S I ^b   Yoo, W H ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Behcet's disease (BD); Chylopericardium; Chylothorax; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FUROSEMIDE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HEPARIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHYLOPERICARDIUM; CHYLOTHORAX; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDEMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG CAVITY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; URINALYSIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; BEHCET SYNDROME; CHYLOTHORAX; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIAL WINDOW TECHNIQUES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN; THORACIC DUCT; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38049060377     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-007-0426-2     Document Type: Article

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