Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia complicated by chylothorax.

Zimhony, O; Davidovitch, Y; Shtalrid, M · J Intern Med · 1994

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Chylothorax is a very rare complication of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: we describe an 81-year-old woman with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia complicated by chylothorax. Treatment with mediastinal irradiation and chemotherapy was unsuccessful. The pleural effusion resolved after talc pleurodesis.

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