A 34-Year-Old Man With a Chylothorax and Bony Pain.

O'Callaghan, Marissa; Fabre, Aurelie; McCann, Jeff; Healy, Gerard; McCarthy, Aoife; Keane, Michael P; McDonnell, Timothy J; McCarthy, Cormac · Chest · 2020

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A 34-year-old man presented to a community hospital with sudden-onset pleuritic chest pain on a background of a 12-month indolent history of progressive exertional dyspnea. He denied cough, fevers, night sweats, or weight loss. He reported some low back pain and ache. He had a history of gastroesophageal reflux and was a current smoker with a 20-pack year history. There were no known occupational or environmental exposures and there was no family history of any lung disease.

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