Recurrent chylothorax in a woman with primary amenorrhoea.

Sridhar, M; Boyle, I; Banham, S · Postgrad Med J · 1994

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A 47 year old woman receiving oestrogen replacement therapy for primary amenorrhoea presented with recurrent chylothorax. The clinical and radiological features of her illness were characteristic of pulmonary lymphangio-leiomyomatosis, a rare hormone-dependent disease. The condition was treated with pleurodesis and withdrawal of oestrogen therapy.

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